Anagrams of steam-boiler
Word steam-boiler has
1897 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of steam-boiler.
- blastomere
-
noun,
any cell produced during cleavage.
- meliorates
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verb (used with or without object),
ameliorate.
- laborites
-
noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- miserable
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adjective,
wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable:
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- materiels
-
noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- meliorate
-
verb (used with or without object),
ameliorate.
- osmeteria
-
noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- rolamites
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- salometer
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noun,
salinometer.
- elastomer
-
noun,
an elastic substance occurring naturally, as natural rubber, or produced synthetically, as butyl rubber or neoprene.
- Baltimore
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noun,
a black nymphalid butterfly, Melitaea phaeton, characterized by orange-red, yellow, and white markings, common in those areas of the northeastern U.S. where turtlehead, the food plant of its larvae, is found.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- estimable
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adjective,
worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.
- artmobile
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noun,
a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- emboites
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noun,
a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.
- timbrels
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- moralist
-
noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- embolite
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noun,
a mineral, chloride and bromide of silver, used as a minor source of silver.
- embolies
-
noun,
the pushing or growth of one part into another, as in the formation of certain gastrulas.
- timbales
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- embroils
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verb (used with object),
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- earlobes
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noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- atremble
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adverb,
in a trembling state.
- Beltrami
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- bimester
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noun,
a two-month period.
- bimetals
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- biometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide given off by an organism, tissue, etc.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- strobila
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noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- retables
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- temblors
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noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- mesolite
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noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- orbitals
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- bromates
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- oleaster
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- aerolite
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- lamberts
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- Laborism
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noun,
a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- melitose
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noun,
raffinose.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- trembles
-
noun,
the act of trembling.
- Libertas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- betimes
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adverb,
early; in good time:
- bimetal
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- limbate
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adjective,
bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- limbers
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noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- biremes
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noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- blasto-
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- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- Lambert
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- bloater
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- berates
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- bailors
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- astrol.
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- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- stereo-
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- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- stearo-
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- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- besmear
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verb (used with object),
to smear all over; bedaub.
- Latrobe
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noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- beastie
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- Beatles
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noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- bemires
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verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- berimes
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verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- mobiles
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noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- earlobe
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noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Morelia
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Marisol
-
noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Moliere
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noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- Elamite
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Elberta
-
noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- mobster
-
noun,
a member of a criminal mob.
- Moabite
-
noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- emboite
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noun,
a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- embroil
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verb (used with object),
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
- Melrose
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Mirabel
-
noun,
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- borstal
-
noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- bo-tree
-
noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- rambles
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- lobster
-
noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- obelias
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Bristol
-
noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- orbital
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- bromals
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- omelets
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- oblates
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- marbles
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- retable
-
noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- timbale
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- tremble
-
noun,
the act of trembling.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Trimble
-
noun,
David, born 1944, Northern Ireland politician: Nobel prize 1998.
- timbres
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- timbrel
-
noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- temblor
-
noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- timbers
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- aristo-
-
- Amboise
-
noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- timbals
-
noun,
a kettledrum.
- triable
-
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- trebles
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- Ambrose
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noun,
Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- ambeers
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- ambles
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- iatro-
-
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- ramble
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- matri-
-
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- masto-
-
- teleo-
-
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- 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.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- timbal
-
noun,
a kettledrum.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- embers
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Mobile
-
noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- bromal
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- metal.
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- metro-
-
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- BSMetE
-
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- ombers
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- blames
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- labio-
-
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- bemire
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- 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.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- serbo-
-
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tribo-
-
- limbas
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- astro-
-
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Limber
-
noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- somat-
-
- somber
-
adjective,
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- limbos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- MAeroE
-
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- tarso-
-
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- berime
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- bireme
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- biomes
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Marble
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- limbo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- miso-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limba
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- matr-
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- treas
-
- mero-
-
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- metr-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Metol
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Melia
-
- male-
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- meta-
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- meso-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- sebi-
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- semi-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- 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.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- ster.
-
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stome
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sito-
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Srta.
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OBrit
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- term.
-
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- orial
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tears
-
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tera-
-
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- telo-
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- 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:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- areo-
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- BMetE
-
- BSMet
-
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- BMarE
-
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Ital.
-
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- BSRet
-
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- Amer.
-
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- IATSE
-
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Bart.
-
- baro-
-
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- biol.
-
- Balt.
-
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- 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 .
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- ileo-
-
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- atmo-
-
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- aero-
-
- abstr
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- aeri-
-
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 30-30
-
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- 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.
- Belem
-
noun,
a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.
- Brale
-
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brit.
-
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- BSElE
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- ambi-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- elem.
-
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- brom-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- estab
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- SATB
-
- Sam.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Sat.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- 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.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Saml
-
- 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.
- SBLI
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- bor.
-
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bol.
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- BMet
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sab.
-
- bio-
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 1080
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- BLit
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- ter.
-
- alt.
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- ARIS
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- AMLS
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- ABLS
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- aer-
-
- abl.
-
- tri-
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- TRIB
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- ALBM
-
- Aire
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tob.
-
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aet.
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Arm.
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- SLBM
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- 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.
- RIBA
-
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- bar.
-
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- 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.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- ator
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- ates
-
- atm.
-
- ASTM
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASME
-
- str.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- tab.
-
- art.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ste.
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Sol.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- SRBM
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- bal.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Ire.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- LRBM
-
- 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.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- ible
-
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- met.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mes-
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- eso-
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Lab.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MSIE
-
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- MSEE
-
- MSBA
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- MSAE
-
- lobs
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- IRBM
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- itol
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Lam.
-
- mal-
-
- mil.
-
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- iso-
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- EMet
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- MALS
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Mar.
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- ELAS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- est.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lit.
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- ile-
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- meas
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Lib.
-
- BSAE
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- BSEE
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- BSEM
-
- BSIE
-
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- BSLM
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lea.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ole-
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- BSOT
-
- BSRT
-
- Lat.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- btl.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- obs.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BSME
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- BSMT
-
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- ATB
-
- at.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ast
-
- STM
-
- ASR
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- TAL
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- be-
-
- IRL
-
- ILO
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- STB
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- asb
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Mao
-
- STL
-
- IRS
-
- ior
-
- ARS
-
- ILS
-
- ASM
-
- IOT
-
- STI
-
- 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.
- Isl
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ae.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- LIM
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- abt
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- TMO
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Tro
-
- Am.
-
- ab-
-
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LBO
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ABM
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- 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.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- TBA
-
- AMS
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- aor
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ITA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ist
-
- ISR
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- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- LMT
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ALM
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Lt.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- TIA
-
- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- La.
-
- Amb
-
- AME
-
- MBE
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ite
-
- AMI
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- BEM
-
- SMB
-
- bl.
-
- OAS
-
- BLA
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ob.
-
- OSA
-
- ROA
-
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- OSB
-
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- OBE
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- ble
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- BST
-
- BLM
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- obl
-
- MTI
-
- ROI
-
- BSO
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- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
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- RTS
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- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
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- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
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- Mt.
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- eo-
-
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- BIT
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noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MST
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OEM
-
- SAE
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- BRE
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- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- REA
-
- RBI
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- Bro
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noun,
a brother.
- BRM
-
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- 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.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
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- ot-
-
- BSL
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- Bra
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noun,
brassiere.
- OTA
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
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- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- BRT
-
- BSA
-
- BLS
-
- OIr
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- BLT
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plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- BME
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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.
- oil
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- BMI
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- BMR
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- BMS
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- BMT
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- boa
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noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OIt
-
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ola
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- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- BSM
-
- Om.
-
- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMB
-
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- BSE
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- OMS
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noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- 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.
- RSE
-
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EMT
-
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- RMA
-
- BAS
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- SMA
-
- SLR
-
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SLE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- Bat
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noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- ESA
-
- EMR
-
- SLA
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BEA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- MIB
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noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- BIE
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- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- BEE
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noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ERT
-
- ese
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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).
- ial
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- Br.
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- ib.
-
- MBO
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- Sta
-
- St.
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- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- IAS
-
- Sr.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ESL
-
- Ia.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- io-
-
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- ESR
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- MIE
-
- MIT
-
- EIS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- SAR
-
- eir
-
- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MOR
-
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EBS
-
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- MLS
-
- ml.
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ee
-
- Eb
-
- BM
-
- BO
-
- MB
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- SM
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- M.
-
- LR
-
- TM
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- R.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TL
-
- B-
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LM
-
- L2
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- L1
-
- ol
-
- O.
-
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- le
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- i.
-
- RI
-