Anagrams of tailbones
Word tailbones has
953 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of tailbones.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Nobelist
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- tailbone
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noun,
the coccyx.
- instable
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adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- notables
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noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- salient
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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.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- albinos
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noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- bitonal
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adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- notable
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noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- Alebion
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- obelias
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- blasto-
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- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- oblates
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Lesbian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- bloats
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noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- boatel
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- basion
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noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Blaise
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noun,
a male given name.
- basnet
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noun,
basinet.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- obtain
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Benita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Besant
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noun,
bezant.
- Belton
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noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- Obelia
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Beloit
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noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- silane
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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.
- Beaton
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noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- Benoit
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noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- binate
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adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- oblast
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noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- biotas
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noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Blaine
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noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- beanos
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noun,
bingo.
- oblate
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- blains
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noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Nesbit
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noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- boites
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noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Stalin
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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.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Isabel
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noun,
a female given name.
- lobate
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adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- steno-
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- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- labio-
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- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sobeit
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conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Lisbon
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latins
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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.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- tables
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- bolita
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noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- Easton
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noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Bonita
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noun,
a female given name.
- nobles
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noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- bonsai
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noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- Bosnia
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noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Nobile
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noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- botels
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noun,
boatel.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Sloane
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noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- elints
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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.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- absent
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adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Tobias
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noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Tobies
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noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Aeolis
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noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- tolans
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Alston
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noun,
a male given name.
- albeit
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conjunction,
although; even if:
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- anoles
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- albino
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noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- Albion
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noun,
Alebion.
- albite
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Alboin
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noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- aniso-
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- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- A-line
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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.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alison
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noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- aloins
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- abseil
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Sabine
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- abient
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adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Saone
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noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- alien
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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.
- Elias
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noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
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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.
- Eliot
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noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leona
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noun,
a female given name.
- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Elton
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noun,
a male given name.
- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- snail
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noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Enola
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noun,
a female given name.
- natl.
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- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- least
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Saite
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noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- tains
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- naso-
-
- estab
-
- Aline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Sonia
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noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Aloin
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Alost
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noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- botas
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noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Nobel
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noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- botel
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noun,
boatel.
- alone
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Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Botes
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noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- sito-
-
- telo-
-
- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- Niobe
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noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- 30-30
-
- Sable
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noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- teals
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- slant
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noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slate
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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.
- sabot
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noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- alist
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adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Sloan
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noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- 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.
- Talos
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noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- talon
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Aisne
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noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- loans
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noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- stola
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noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tolas
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noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- stile
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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.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Salto
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noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- stilb
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noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stane
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sanit
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- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- litas
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- stain
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ileo-
-
- 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.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Nabis
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- IATSE
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- tonia
-
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- insol
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- inst.
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sino-
-
- biol.
-
- biont
-
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- ante-
-
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- anti-
-
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- teno-
-
- sebi-
-
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- 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.
- oste-
-
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- ation
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Balt.
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- seti-
-
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- anis-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Sat.
-
- Lib.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lobs
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- SBLI
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- 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.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SATB
-
- ole-
-
- 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.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- soln
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lin.
-
- obs.
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- not-
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- nos-
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- 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.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Sab.
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- 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.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- neo-
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- NTSB
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- NTIA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- 1080
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- 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.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bio-
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Bol.
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Soni
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- BLit
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- BSAE
-
- aet.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- abs-
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ABLS
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alt.
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- bal.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- tion
-
- Tob.
-
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- itol
-
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- ile-
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Ste.
-
- Lab.
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- lea.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ible
-
- tab.
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- btl.
-
- 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.
- BSOT
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- BSNA
-
- tel-
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIE
-
- enl.
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Ens.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Sta
-
- TBO
-
- 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.
- SLA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- St.
-
- SLE
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TSE
-
- Tbi
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TBA
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- TNB
-
- tlo
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- se-
-
- 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.
- STB
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAL
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SBE
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- SBA
-
- ea.
-
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- EBS
-
- EbN
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eo-
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- BSO
-
- BSN
-
- BSE
-
- BSA
-
- BSL
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ESA
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sb.
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- il-
-
- ESL
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IBN
-
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- ETS
-
- ETO
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BNS
-
- ISA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ase
-
- asb
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ASN
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- abt
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abn
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ab-
-
- ASI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Bn.
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BLS
-
- ble
-
- BLA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BIE
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ast
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bl.
-
- be-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATB
-
- at.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TSI
-
- ise
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- ob.
-
- NSA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- NEB
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Isl
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- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NbE
-
- NBA
-
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OAS
-
- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- ose
-
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- So.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ons
-
- OBE
-
- ONI
-
- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- oil
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- obl
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- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NEA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- La.
-
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Les
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- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lt.
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LON
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ite
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ITA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LBO
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- ist
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- ol
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L.
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- AO
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- 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.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TB
-
- TL
-
- le
-
- NL
-
- NI
-
- EI
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- SN
-
- Eb
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- B-
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OA
-
- BO
-
- i.
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TN
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- T1
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