Anagrams of steeplechasing
Word steeplechasing has
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- single-space
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verb (used with object),
to type (copy) on each line space.
- single-phase
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- changeless
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adjective,
unchanging; constant; steadfast.
- clipsheets
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noun,
a sheet of paper printed on one side for convenience in cutting and reprinting, containing news items, features, cartoons, etc., and distributed by public relations firms, publishers, and similar organizations.
- genethliac
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adjective,
of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- enthalpies
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noun,
a quantity associated with a thermodynamic system, expressed as the internal energy of a system plus the product of the pressure and volume of the system, having the property that during an isobaric process, the change in the quantity is equal to the heat transferred during the process. Symbol: H.
- elegancies
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noun,
elegance.
- Clisthenes
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noun,
Cleisthenes.
- gentilesse
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noun,
the quality of being gentle.
- pestilence
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noun,
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- Singhalese
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adjective, noun,
Sinhalese.
- cineastes
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- Cingalese
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adjective, noun,
Singhalese.
- gehlenite
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noun,
a mineral, aluminum calcium silicate, occurring in prismatic crystals varying in color from gray-green to brown.
- sleepings
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noun,
the condition of being asleep.
- lightness
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noun,
the state or quality of being light in weight:
- stealings
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- penlights
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noun,
a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- splenetic
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noun,
a splenetic person.
- seapieces
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noun,
seascape (def 1).
- nightcaps
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noun,
Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- pentacles
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noun,
pentagram.
- selenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- Caithness
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noun,
a historic county in NE Scotland.
- seneschal
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noun,
an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- ice-sheet
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noun,
a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
- ice-plant
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noun,
a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- sheetings
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noun,
the act of covering with or forming into a sheet or sheets.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- Eastleigh
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noun,
a borough in Hampshire, S England.
- anglesite
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noun,
a mineral, lead sulfate, PbSO 4 , found in massive deposits and in colorless or variously tinted crystals: a minor ore of lead.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- essential
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- slipsheet
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verb (used with or without object),
to insert (blank sheets) between printed sheets as they come off the press to prevent offset.
- saliences
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- selenites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- Palestine
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noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- cephalins
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noun,
any of several phosphatides occurring in animal tissue, especially of the brain, and having marked blood-clotting properties.
- spinaches
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noun,
a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- penalties
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noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- aetheling
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noun,
atheling.
- scheelite
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noun,
calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- Aeschines
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noun,
389–314 b.c, Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes.
- Sinhalese
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noun,
a member of the Sinhalese people.
- licensees
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- encephal-
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- planchets
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noun,
a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- Telchines
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plural noun,
nine dog-headed monsters, inhabiting the sea, who as great artisans crafted the sickle of Cronus and the trident of Poseidon.
- planishes
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verb (used with object),
to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- telegenic
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adjective,
having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- elegances
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noun,
elegant quality:
- teachings
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noun,
the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- cathepsin
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noun,
any of a class of intracellular proteolytic enzymes, occurring in animal tissue, especially the liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestine, that catalyze autolysis in certain pathological conditions and after death.
- lich-gate
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noun,
a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- thespians
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a tragedian; an actor or actress.
- eighteens
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
- plenishes
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verb (used with object),
to fill up; stock; furnish.
- natheless
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adverb,
nevertheless.
- petechial
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adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- teach-ins
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- englishes
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noun,
the people of England collectively, especially as distinguished from the Scots, Welsh, and Irish.
- Ephesians
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noun,
a book of the New Testament, written by Paul. Abbreviation: Eph., Ephes., Ephs.
- shealings
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noun,
shieling.
- phenetics
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noun,
classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- athelings
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noun,
a man of royal blood; a prince.
- Schlesien
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noun,
German name of Silesia.
- clipsheet
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noun,
a sheet of paper printed on one side for convenience in cutting and reprinting, containing news items, features, cartoons, etc., and distributed by public relations firms, publishers, and similar organizations.
- Cleanthes
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noun,
c300–232? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- Stephanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- asthenics
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noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- clientage
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noun,
a body of clients; clientele.
- ensilages
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noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- enlistees
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- phenacite
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noun,
a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- Nephtali
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noun,
Naphtali.
- Nepalese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Nepal.
- neglects
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noun,
an act or instance of neglecting; disregard; negligence:
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- panicles
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noun,
a compound raceme.
- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- nightcap
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noun,
Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- castings
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noun,
the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- painless
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adjective,
without pain; causing little or no pain:
- pentacle
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noun,
pentagram.
- pastiche
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noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- atheling
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noun,
a man of royal blood; a prince.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- pschents
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noun,
the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- plenches
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noun,
a tool combining pliers and wrench: used especially by astronauts.
- pleasing
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleaches
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verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- platings
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noun,
a thin coating of gold, silver, etc.
- plastics
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noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- planchet
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noun,
a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- planches
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noun,
a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- assignee
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noun,
a person to whom some right or interest is transferred, either for his or her own enjoyment or in trust.
- asthenic
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noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- phenetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- pathless
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adjective,
trackless; untrodden:
- petechia
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noun,
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- petaline
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- penlight
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noun,
a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- calipees
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- pelicans
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noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- Pelasgic
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adjective,
Pelasgian.
- peelings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that peels.
- pectases
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noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- capelets
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- capelins
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noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- Pechenga
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noun,
a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- lineages
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- lathings
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noun,
the act or process of applying lath.
- lightens
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verb (used with object),
to give light to; illuminate:
- etchings
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noun,
the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- epicenes
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noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- clasping
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noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- escheats
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- especial
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adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- esthesia
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noun,
capacity for sensation or feeling; sensitivity.
- ethnical
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adjective,
ethnic.
- Ephesian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Ephesus.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- gahnites
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noun,
a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
- gainless
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adjective,
unprofitable.
- gelatins
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- genetics
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noun,
Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
- genitals
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plural noun,
genitalia.
- cleanses
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- epeeists
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noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- echinate
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adjective,
bristly; prickly.
- eclipses
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- egalites
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noun,
equality.
- eighteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
- Eisenach
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noun,
a city in central Germany.
- elastics
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- elegance
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noun,
elegant quality:
- ensilage
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noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- elegiacs
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- elegists
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noun,
the author of an elegy.
- elephant
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noun,
either of two large, five-toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip, including Loxodonta africana (African elephant) with enormous flapping ears, two fingerlike projections at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks, and Elephas maximus (Indian elephant) with smaller ears, one projection at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks almost exclusively in males: L. africana is threatened; E. maximus is endangered.
- enchases
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verb (used with object),
to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
- enclasps
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verb (used with object),
to hold in or as in a clasp or embrace.
- enlistee
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- gentiles
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noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- glassine
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noun,
a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- Celanese
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- legatees
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noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- lastings
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noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- latching
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noun,
any of the loops by which a bonnet is attached to a sail.
- leasings
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- cephalin
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noun,
any of several phosphatides occurring in animal tissue, especially of the brain, and having marked blood-clotting properties.
- legacies
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noun,
Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- Lachesis
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noun,
the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- licensee
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- licenses
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- celestes
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- ligeance
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noun,
Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- celestas
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- lashings
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noun,
an abundance; plenty (usually followed by of):
- inspects
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- glistens
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noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- chastise
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verb (used with object),
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- glitches
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noun,
a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- chelates
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- Hastings
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noun,
Thomas, 1860–1929, U.S. architect.
- cheapens
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verb (used with object),
to make cheap or cheaper.
- heeltaps
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noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- Hegelian
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noun,
a person who accepts the philosophical principles of Hegel.
- chastens
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verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- inscapes
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- helpings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that helps.
- hepatics
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- chasings
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noun,
a design chased on metal.
- heptanes
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noun,
any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.
- chaplets
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noun,
a wreath or garland for the head.
- chanties
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noun,
chantey.
- inclasps
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verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- capeline
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noun,
Armor. an iron skullcap worn by medieval archers.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- singlets
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noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- snatches
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noun,
the act or an instance of snatching.
- slipcase
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noun,
a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- sleights
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noun,
skill; dexterity.
- sleeping
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noun,
the condition of being asleep.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- slatings
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noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- slatches
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noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- slashing
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noun,
a slash.
- alienees
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noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- silences
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- Alcestis
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noun,
Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
- sightsee
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verb (used without object),
to go about seeing places and things of interest:
- shelties
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noun,
Shetland pony.
- Shelepin
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noun,
Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- sheitans
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noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- sheeting
-
noun,
the act of covering with or forming into a sheet or sheets.
- sheenies
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- shealing
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noun,
shieling.
- shanties
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noun,
a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
- Shang-ti
-
noun,
the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- selenite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- snitches
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noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- spacings
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noun,
an act of someone or something that spaces.
- seepages
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noun,
the act or process of seeping; leakage.
- steepens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- Thespian
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a tragedian; an actor or actress.
- Thespiae
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noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- teiglach
-
noun,
a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- Achinese
-
noun,
Atjehnese.
- teaching
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noun,
the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- teach-in
-
noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- Sthenias
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noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- stenches
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noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- Steichen
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noun,
Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- steapsin
-
noun,
the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- spancels
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noun,
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- stealing
-
noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- stapling
-
noun,
a collar formed of angle iron surrounding a structural member passing through a deck or bulkhead to make a seal that is watertight, oiltight, etc.
- agencies
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noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- agenesis
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noun,
absence of or failed development of a body part.
- stanches
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noun,
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
- aglisten
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adjective,
refulgent; glistening.
- speeches
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noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- specials
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- spaniels
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- spangles
-
noun,
a small, thin, often circular piece of glittering metal or other material, used especially for decorating garments.
- selenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- eastings
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- scalings
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noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- sea-legs
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plural noun,
the ability to adjust one's sense of balance to the motion of a ship at sea:
- scanties
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noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- saltines
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- antheses
-
noun,
the period or act of expansion in flowers, especially the maturing of the stamens.
- seapiece
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noun,
seascape (def 1).
- scathing
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- anthesis
-
noun,
the period or act of expansion in flowers, especially the maturing of the stamens.
- sanicles
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- plenish
-
verb (used with object),
to fill up; stock; furnish.
- genesis
-
noun,
an origin, creation, or beginning.
- gentles
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adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- spinets
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spitals
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- etching
-
noun,
the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- genteel
-
adjective,
belonging or suited to polite society.
- spleens
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- genital
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- splenic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- genetic
-
adjective,
Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- splices
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- genesic
-
adjective,
pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.
- ethnics
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- geneal.
-
- ethanes
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- splints
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- ethenes
-
noun,
ethylene (def 2).
- geishas
-
noun,
a Japanese woman trained as a professional singer, dancer, and companion for men.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- Galenic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- pleases
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- Staples
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- ethical
-
adjective,
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- gahnite
-
noun,
a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
- sapiens
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- gelatin
-
noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- pestles
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- sapling
-
noun,
a young tree.
- helping
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that helps.
- healing
-
noun,
the act or process of regaining health:
- heeltap
-
noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- sphenic
-
adjective,
being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphenes
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium titanium silicate, CaTiSiO 5 , occurring as an accessory mineral in a variety of crystalline rocks, usually in small wedge-shaped crystals.
- spences
-
noun,
a pantry.
- helices
-
noun,
a plural of helix.
- satchel
-
noun,
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- species
-
noun,
a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- plating
-
noun,
a thin coating of gold, silver, etc.
- Hengist
-
noun,
died a.d. 488? chief of the Jutes: with his brother Horsa led the Teutonic invasion of southern Britain c440.
- hepatic
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- spathic
-
adjective,
like spar.
- hepcats
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hatpins
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- hastens
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- steelie
-
noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- gnashes
-
noun,
an act of gnashing.
- gisants
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- glances
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glassie
-
noun,
glassy (def 4).
- spinels
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- glisten
-
noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- spinals
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinach
-
noun,
a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- gnathic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the jaw.
- haslets
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- halites
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- halting
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- hansels
-
noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- spilths
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- hapless
-
adjective,
unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
- haptens
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- haptics
-
noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- steepen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- essence
-
noun,
the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features:
- Elspeth
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elegiac
-
noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- elegies
-
noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- elegist
-
noun,
the author of an elegy.
- telegas
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- elegits
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- encages
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- encases
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- enchase
-
verb (used with object),
to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
- Sachsen
-
noun,
German name of Saxony.
- enclasp
-
verb (used with object),
to hold in or as in a clasp or embrace.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- English
-
noun,
the people of England collectively, especially as distinguished from the Scots, Welsh, and Irish.
- elegant
-
adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- tenches
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- ptisans
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- eclipse
-
noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- egalite
-
noun,
equality.
- tingles
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- Thespis
-
noun,
flourished 6th century b.c, Greek poet.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- elapses
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- theines
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- sachets
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- esplees
-
noun,
the yield from land, as produce or rents.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- epicene
-
noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- plights
-
noun,
a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one:
- epigeal
-
adjective,
Entomology. living near the surface of the ground, as on low herbs or other surface vegetation.
- epigene
-
adjective,
formed or originating on the earth's surface (opposed to hypogene).
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- epingle
-
noun,
a ribbed fabric constructed in plain weave, used in the manufacture of women's dress goods.
- steeple
-
noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- escapee
-
noun,
a person who escapes, especially from a prison or other place of detention.
- escapes
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escheat
-
noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- plicate
-
adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- spathes
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- espials
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- plinths
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- Stephen
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- teaches
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- ensiles
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- enlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- tangles
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- stipels
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Stiegel
-
noun,
Henry William, 1729–85, German iron and glass manufacturer in America.
- sthenic
-
adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- letches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- saltish
-
adjective,
somewhat salty.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- epeeist
-
noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- sthenia
-
noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- pschent
-
noun,
the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- heptane
-
noun,
any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- Hessian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Hesse.
- pansies
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- Phineas
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”.
- palings
-
noun,
Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- palsies
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- Sheitan
-
noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- panicle
-
noun,
a compound raceme.
- sheilas
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- piglets
-
noun,
a little pig.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- schleps
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- passing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- pastels
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- pasties
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- patches
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- seances
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- sheitel
-
noun,
a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- sheltas
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- lipases
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- signets
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signees
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- signals
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- neglect
-
noun,
an act or instance of neglecting; disregard; negligence:
- pinches
-
- Sienese
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Siena.
- Nephele
-
noun,
a woman formed from a cloud by Zeus as a counterfeit of Hera, in order to deceive the lustful Ixion: mother by Ixion of the centaurs.
- shingle
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- shantis
-
noun,
peace.
- patsies
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- silages
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- penises
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Selenga
-
noun,
a river in N central Asia, flowing E and N through the NW Mongolian People's Republic through the Buryat Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation to Lake Baikal. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- pencels
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- selects
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- pencils
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- seethes
-
noun,
the act of seething.
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Pensees
-
noun,
a collection of notes, essays, etc., dealing with religious and philosophical matters by Blaise Pascal, published posthumously in 1670.
- pensile
-
adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- pensils
-
noun,
pencel.
- seepage
-
noun,
the act or process of seeping; leakage.
- seeings
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- pesetas
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- pelting
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pelisse
-
noun,
an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- peaches
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- Senegal
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Capital: Dakar.
- peahens
-
noun,
the female peafowl.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- senegas
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- peeling
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that peels.
- senecas
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- pelages
-
noun,
the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- pelagic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the open seas or oceans.
- Pelasgi
-
plural noun,
the Pelasgians.
- pelican
-
noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lineage
-
noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- hessite
-
noun,
a rare mineral, silver telluride, Ag 2 Te, found in silver ores: sometimes contains gold.
- Lachine
-
noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- spancel
-
noun,
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insteps
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- plashes
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- lacings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- spacing
-
noun,
an act of someone or something that spaces.
- lasting
-
noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- latches
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- planish
-
verb (used with object),
to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- inphase
-
adjective,
having the same phase.
- lathing
-
noun,
the act or process of applying lath.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- spastic
-
noun,
Pathology. a person exhibiting spasms.
- Spanish
-
noun,
the Spanish people collectively.
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inclasp
-
verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- spangle
-
noun,
a small, thin, often circular piece of glittering metal or other material, used especially for decorating garments.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ingests
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- inhales
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- scaling
-
noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- linages
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- ligases
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- Scheele
-
noun,
Karl Wilhelm [kahrl vil-helm] /kɑrl ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1742–86, Swedish chemist.
- pissant
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- ligates
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- lengths
-
noun,
the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
- singlet
-
noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- singles
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- lighten
-
verb (used with object),
to give light to; illuminate:
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- silence
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silanes
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Lessing
-
noun,
Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- Lenapes
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- leaches
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- sleighs
-
noun,
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- leashes
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- leasing
-
noun,
lying; falsehood.
- slights
-
- sleight
-
noun,
skill; dexterity.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- leeches
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- Legaspi
-
noun,
a seaport on SE Luzon, in the Philippines.
- Legnica
-
noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- legatee
-
noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- scathes
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- legates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- slating
-
noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- legists
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- lashing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that lashes.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- algetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- changes
-
noun,
the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
- Chasles
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), 1793–1880, French mathematician.
- clashes
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- chisels
-
noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chalets
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- caplets
-
- eaglets
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- capelin
-
noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- caplins
-
noun,
capelin.
- chasing
-
noun,
a design chased on metal.
- cesspit
-
noun,
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
- calipee
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- caseins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- chasten
-
verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- cephal-
-
- chaises
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- Chinese
-
noun,
the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- aphetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- actings
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- cheapen
-
verb (used with object),
to make cheap or cheaper.
- cheapie
-
noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- aphesis
-
noun,
the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant.
- achenes
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- Angelic
-
adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- Celeste
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Angeles
-
noun,
a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- chelate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- chaplet
-
noun,
a wreath or garland for the head.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- alienee
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- alights
-
adverb, adjective,
provided with light; lighted up.
- atingle
-
adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- casting
-
noun,
the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- castles
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Antheil
-
noun,
George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
- caliphs
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- casings
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- Chelsea
-
noun,
a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
- Chaplin
-
noun,
Sir Charles Spencer ("Charlie") 1889–1977, English film actor, producer, and director; in U.S. 1910–52.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- Anglist
-
noun,
Anglicist.
- chaines
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- Anglice
-
adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- Althing
-
noun,
the parliament of Iceland, consisting of an upper and a lower house.
- ageless
-
adjective,
not aging or appearing to age.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Hsiang
-
noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Hunan province in southern China.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Ichang
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yichang.
- seethe
-
noun,
the act of seething.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- schist
-
noun,
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
- schlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Salish
-
noun,
a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- Chapel
-
noun,
a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- chants
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- change
-
noun,
the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- selahs
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- hepta-
-
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- haptic
-
noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- Hansel
-
noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- hanses
-
noun,
Hansa.
- Shensi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shaanxi.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- shiest
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- cheese
-
noun,
the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- Sheets
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- hassel
-
noun,
Odd [awd] /ɔd/ (Show IPA), 1897–1981, Norwegian chemist: Nobel Prize 1969.
- hassle
-
noun,
a disorderly dispute.
- sheens
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- shiels
-
noun,
shieling.
- shines
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- glitch
-
noun,
a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- chests
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- sights
-
noun,
the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- shnaps
-
noun,
schnapps.
- shleps
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- hastes
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hinges
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- hepat-
-
- Chasse
-
noun,
a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- chases
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Selene
-
noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- selen-
-
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- Sheena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- hatpin
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- shapes
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shapen
-
adjective,
having a designated shape (usually used in combination):
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- Shansi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shanxi.
- shales
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- helic-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- heists
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Helene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- septi-
-
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- liches
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- lichts
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- lieges
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Pelage
-
noun,
the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- lights
-
noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- lichen
-
noun,
any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- caliph
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- peahen
-
noun,
the female peafowl.
- lesche
-
noun,
an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- length
-
noun,
the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- Lepcha
-
noun,
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- penta-
-
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- lessee
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- pensee
-
noun,
a reflection or thought.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- Penchi
-
noun,
Benxi.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- penche
-
adjective,
performed or executed while leaning forward.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- paling
-
noun,
Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pagnes
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Neches
-
noun,
a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- nights
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- neighs
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Neilah
-
noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- niches
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- caplet
-
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- pathic
-
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- pashes
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- cashes
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- aspics
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plani-
-
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- laighs
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- lapses
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- planch
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- lashes
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plages
-
noun,
a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- plinth
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- plight
-
noun,
a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one:
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- laches
-
noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- plench
-
noun,
a tool combining pliers and wrench: used especially by astronauts.
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- plegia
-
- gleets
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleach
-
verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- phages
-
noun,
bacteriophage.
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Piaget
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- Philae
-
noun,
an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- phiale
-
noun,
a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- phasis
-
noun,
a manner, stage, or aspect of being; phase.
- Phases
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- Pisgah
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain ridge of ancient Moab, now in Jordan, NE of the Dead Sea: from its summit (Mt. Nebo) Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deut. 34:1.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- pishes
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- piglet
-
noun,
a little pig.
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- Pisces
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- glints
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- clangs
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- staphs
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stanch
-
noun,
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- escent
-
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- stichs
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- actin-
-
- cleans
-
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- clasts
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- class.
-
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- clasps
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- sphene
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium titanium silicate, CaTiSiO 5 , occurring as an accessory mineral in a variety of crystalline rocks, usually in small wedge-shaped crystals.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spilth
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spicas
-
noun,
spike2 .
- gashes
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- speels
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- Gathic
-
noun,
an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written.
Compare Avestan.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- ethene
-
noun,
ethylene (def 2).
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- splen-
-
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- splats
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- thegns
-
noun,
thane.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- eights
-
noun,
crazy eights.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- elect.
-
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- theses
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- tepees
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- thesis
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- things
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- egests
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Thess.
-
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- aching
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Engels
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- encage
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clings
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- teleph
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- teleg.
-
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- Elisha
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- te-hee
-
noun,
a titter; snicker.
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Essene
-
noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- sneesh
-
noun,
snuff1 (def 9).
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- chisel
-
noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chital
-
noun,
axis deer.
- genit.
-
- spaces
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spahis
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- gelees
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- glacis
-
noun,
a gentle slope.
- geisha
-
noun,
a Japanese woman trained as a professional singer, dancer, and companion for men.
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- snaths
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- slangs
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- Geisel
-
noun,
Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
- sleeps
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- gestic
-
adjective,
pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
- alephs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- gestes
-
noun,
gest.
- sleigh
-
noun,
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- slings
-
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Gessen
-
noun,
Goshen (def 1).
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- Chiles
-
noun,
chili.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- slatch
-
noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- alight
-
adverb, adjective,
provided with light; lighted up.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- thing
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- pene-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- alti-
-
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- night
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- nighs
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- 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.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- tele-
-
- slash
-
noun,
a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- shies
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- tech.
-
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sing.
-
- Phene
-
noun,
any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- Neth.
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tangs
-
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Phil.
-
- Phila
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- phile
-
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 30-30
-
- acpt.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- peta-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- phage
-
noun,
bacteriophage.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- phane
-
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- acet-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- thegn
-
noun,
thane.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- pass.
-
- Capt.
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- caps.
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- path-
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sight
-
noun,
the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- sinhs
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- pant-
-
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- pale-
-
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- 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.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- slags
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- shins
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- sighs
-
noun,
the act or sound of sighing.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- shtg.
-
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- shpt.
-
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- span-
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- scags
-
noun,
heroin.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- anth-
-
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ante-
-
- sect.
-
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- spec.
-
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- anigh
-
adverb,
nearby; close by.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- spies
-
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- scat-
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- anis-
-
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- angi-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- stge.
-
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Shang
-
noun,
a Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766–1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523–1027 b.c.
- actg.
-
- asst.
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- plage
-
noun,
a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- step-
-
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- pilch
-
noun,
an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- sheas
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- 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.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- assn.
-
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- Singh
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Ashes
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Sachs
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- snash
-
noun,
insolence; impertinence.
- snaps
-
- plan-
-
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- shags
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- seti-
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- plast
-
- Angl.
-
- 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.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stash
-
noun,
something put away or hidden:
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- lect.
-
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- hangs
-
- gains
-
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- Legis
-
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gasps
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- chess
-
noun,
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- cent.
-
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- g-cal
-
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- Light
-
noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- lign-
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Isth.
-
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- ESPEC
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lgth.
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- hasps
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Esth.
-
- Ital.
-
- licet
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- hect-
-
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Glass
-
noun,
a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- Ghent
-
noun,
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- ghees
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Ghats
-
noun,
Eastern Ghats.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- laigh
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- lang.
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- 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.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- Hagen
-
noun,
Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- gnash
-
noun,
an act of gnashing.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- ghast
-
adjective,
ghastly.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- ghain
-
noun,
the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- lact-
-
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Genl.
-
- Chin.
-
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- ling.
-
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- incl.
-
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- chap.
-
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- insep
-
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- henge
-
noun,
a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
- encl.
-
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Hesse
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Icel.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- IATSE
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- hist.
-
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Ephes
-
- Helga
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- heli-
-
- Epist
-
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- clase
-
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Hegel
-
noun,
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Lith.
-
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- sepn
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- shag
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- sec.
-
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- sech
-
- ant.
-
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ANSI
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- 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.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- sigh
-
noun,
the act or sound of sighing.
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Sig.
-
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- alt.
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Hag.
-
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- hags
-
noun,
an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
- chg.
-
- hal-
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- ance
-
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hgt.
-
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Alis
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Eng.
-
- enl.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- tanh
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- epi-
-
- ESIS
-
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- epit
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- stg.
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- ACTH
-
- Ens.
-
- Eph.
-
- clep
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- stlg
-
- thi-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- esp.
-
- 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.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ect-
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- the-
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ten.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ELAS
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- cts.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Gen.
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- chs.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- 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:
- Gish
-
noun,
Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- SLIC
-
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- 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.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- Alg.
-
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Ste.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- cis-
-
- agit
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Eth.
-
- cit.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gash
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SPCA
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gal.
-
- agst
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- lea.
-
- pct.
-
- Pal.
-
- PSAT
-
- NCTE
-
- pnea
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PLSS
-
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- psec
-
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- atic
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- pts.
-
- lip-
-
- ptg.
-
- leg.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psig
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- psia
-
- asis
-
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- cet-
-
- pil-
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- lit.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lat.
-
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pat.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- ates
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Nah.
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lani
-
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- 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:
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- 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.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- Neh.
-
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Chal
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- 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.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Sat.
-
- ins.
-
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- SASE
-
- cen.
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- IEEE
-
- Pet.
-
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- 1080
-
- ICSH
-
- sch.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Cels
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- ile-
-
- aph-
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Neph
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- inae
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- cat.
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- int.
-
- ign.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- NTIA
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ISSN
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- scil
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- cap.
-
- asc-
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- cene
-
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- intl
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Cal.
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- lin.
-
- Pen.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- sci.
-
- 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.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- 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.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SST
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Agh
-
- ae.
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- EPT
-
- ese
-
- EPS
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ESL
-
- AGC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AEC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- cle
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- STI
-
- CEA
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CPA
-
- EPA
-
- ean
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- ag-
-
- al.
-
- NIH
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- EIS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- THC
-
- Npt
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- th-
-
- TGN
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Pg.
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- TIA
-
- an.
-
- ap-
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- NES
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- tph
-
- Tng
-
- TLC
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NGC
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ECG
-
- NHA
-
- NHG
-
- NHI
-
- NHL
-
- NHS
-
- ac-
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- EEG
-
- Eg.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Ep.
-
- LSS
-
- ene
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ACP
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ACS
-
- LTh
-
- LTA
-
- TAL
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- TCA
-
- LSC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CLI
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- LPG
-
- LNG
-
- STP
-
- STL
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CNS
-
- TCS
-
- Ps.
-
- NEA
-
- ctg
-
- cte
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- pt.
-
- CTA
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- PaG
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- NEC
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- 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.
- ne-
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- CST
-
- en-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CSA
-
- CPS
-
- CPL
-
- CPI
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SSE
-
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- PSS
-
- sht
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- shp
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ase
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- Sp.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- La.
-
- ANC
-
- PSG
-
- SAE
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ite
-
- Ia.
-
- ANG
-
- ITC
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- ITA
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- ist
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- Isl
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ASN
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- CGS
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ASI
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- pli
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lt.
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- SSC
-
- gph
-
- GPS
-
- GSA
-
- GSC
-
- gt.
-
- GTC
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- GTS
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ish
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Hts
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ILP
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- HST
-
- IHS
-
- ht.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- in.
-
- IHP
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ics
-
- ial
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- APC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SCP
-
- SCS
-
- se-
-
- ILS
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ise
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ISA
-
- SHA
-
- Sgt
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPS
-
- iph
-
- IPA
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- APS
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Apl
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- INH
-
- ing
-
- sc.
-
- ine
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- PLC
-
- GNP
-
- gl.
-
- GCT
-
- PGA
-
- AHL
-
- PHA
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- AIC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- GCA
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- GCE
-
- GCI
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AHE
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- 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.
- PhL
-
- PHS
-
- CIE
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ALC
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- Les
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lg.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- CAI
-
- CIP
-
- ETS
-
- Ga.
-
- gi.
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- Agt
-
- cs.
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- lep
-
- cp.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ch.
-
- ca.
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- ATP
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- CIA
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PLA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- GHA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- SLE
-
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- LCA
-
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- SLA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- CGI
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- at.
-
- TSS
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ges
-
- LCI
-
- SLP
-
- LCT
-
- L2
-
- EI
-
- HL
-
- GP
-
- 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.
- NH
-
- GN
-
- N.
-
- L1
-
- ee
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NL
-
- G.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TL
-
- IG
-
- TN
-
- L.
-
- TP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NC
-
- NG
-
- SN
-
- NI
-
- le
-
- SL
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TG
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- T1
-
- GC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- IP
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ln
-
- LH
-
- GH
-
- LC
-
- PH
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- t.
-
- HP
-
- S.
-
- h.
-
- HG
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NP
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- CE
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high: