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Word technicalities has
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that can be made by using the letters of technicalities.
- licentiates
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noun,
a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- esthetician
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noun,
aesthetician (def 1).
- calisthenic
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigor, usually performed with little or no special apparatus.
- ethnicities
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noun,
an ethnic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like:
- lactescent
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adjective,
becoming or being milky.
- anesthetic
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noun,
a substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether.
- licentiate
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noun,
a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- esthetical
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adjective,
aesthetical.
- latinities
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noun,
knowledge or use of the Latin language:
- tenacities
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noun,
the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence:
- aesthetic
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noun,
the philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place:
- 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.
- Canticles
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- tentacles
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noun,
Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- cheilitis
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noun,
inflammation of the lips.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- initiates
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- insectile
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adjective,
pertaining to or like an insect.
- telestich
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noun,
a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
- calescent
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adjective,
growing warm; increasing in heat.
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- technical
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like:
- Ethelstan
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noun,
Athelstan.
- Cleanthes
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noun,
c300–232? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- 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.
- enclitics
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noun,
an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”.
- athletics
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noun,
(usually used with a plural verb) athletic sports, as running, rowing, or boxing.
- lecithins
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- atheistic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism:
- catechins
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noun,
a water-soluble, astringent yellow compound, C 15 H 14 O 6 , found in gambier, used chiefly in tanning and dyeing.
- catechist
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noun,
a person who catechizes.
- Celticist
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noun,
an expert in Celtic languages or culture.
- catchline
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noun,
a word, phrase, or sentence used, especially in advertising or journalism, to arouse or call attention.
- enthetic
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adjective,
introduced from without, as diseases propagated by inoculation.
- clinches
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noun,
the act of clinching.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- telecast
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noun,
a television broadcast.
- teach-in
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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.
- ichnites
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noun,
a fossil footprint.
- hesitate
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verb (used without object),
to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination:
- chicanes
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noun,
deception; chicanery.
- calcines
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- calcites
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- chiastic
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adjective,
characterized by chiasmus.
- technics
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noun,
technique.
- Chilcats
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noun,
Chilkat.
- hesitant
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adjective,
hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- Steichen
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noun,
Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- etchants
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noun,
a chemical used to etch designs into metal, glass, or other material.
- thelitis
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noun,
inflammation of the nipple.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- ethicist
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noun,
a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- ethnical
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adjective,
ethnic.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- clenches
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noun,
the act of clenching.
- testicle
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noun,
testis.
- cathects
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verb (used with object),
to invest emotion or feeling in (an idea, object, or another person).
- entitles
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- cicelies
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noun,
a plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, having a fragrant aroma and sometimes used as a potherb.
- cenacles
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noun,
the room where the Last Supper took place.
- initiate
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- athletic
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adjective,
physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports:
- canticle
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- catechin
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noun,
a water-soluble, astringent yellow compound, C 15 H 14 O 6 , found in gambier, used chiefly in tanning and dyeing.
- ecclesia
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noun,
an assembly, especially the popular assembly of ancient Athens.
- latchets
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noun,
a strap or lace used to fasten a shoe.
- echinate
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adjective,
bristly; prickly.
- Achinese
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noun,
Atjehnese.
- ecstatic
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noun,
a person subject to fits of ecstasy:
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- catch-22
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noun,
a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- lecithin
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- tentacle
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noun,
Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- scilicet
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adverb,
to wit; namely.
- chancels
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noun,
the space about the altar of a church, usually enclosed, for the clergy and other officials.
- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- chanties
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noun,
chantey.
- Eisenach
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noun,
a city in central Germany.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- acescent
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adjective,
turning sour; slightly sour; acidulous.
- Theatine
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noun,
a member of a congregation of regular clerics, founded in Italy in 1524 to combat Protestantism and promote higher morality among Roman Catholics.
- chelates
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- licences
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noun, verb (used with object),
license.
- chattels
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noun,
Law.. Often, chattels. a movable article of personal property.
- seecatch
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noun,
the adult male of the fur seal, Callorhinus alascanus, of Alaska.
- asthenic
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noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- enclitic
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noun,
an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”.
- tenaces
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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.
- teaches
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noun,
Informal. teacher.
- tahinis
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noun,
a paste made of ground sesame seeds.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- Celesta
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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.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- clastic
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adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- chaines
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noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- Chalcis
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noun,
a city on Euboea, in SE Greece.
- chalets
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noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- chalice
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noun,
Ecclesiastical.
a cup for the wine of the Eucharist or Mass.
the wine contained in it.
- chancel
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noun,
the space about the altar of a church, usually enclosed, for the clergy and other officials.
- chances
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noun,
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency:
- chasten
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verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chattel
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noun,
Law.. Often, chattels. a movable article of personal property.
- chelate
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- Chelsea
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noun,
a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
- cinches
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noun,
a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- chicane
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noun,
deception; chicanery.
- chicles
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noun,
a gumlike substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical American trees, as the sapodilla, used chiefly in the manufacture of chewing gum.
- Chilcat
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noun,
Chilkat.
- Chinese
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noun,
the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- chitins
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noun,
a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- cenacle
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noun,
the room where the Last Supper took place.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- cilices
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noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- technic
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noun,
technique.
- Chianti
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noun,
a dry, red, Italian table wine, originally put up in straw-covered bottles.
- Cilicia
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noun,
an ancient country in SE Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- tactile
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- latches
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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.
- leaches
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noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- lattice
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noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- sciatic
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noun,
a sciatic part, as a nerve, vein, or artery.
- latchet
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noun,
a strap or lace used to fasten a shoe.
- science
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noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- Lachine
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noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- italics
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- lectins
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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.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- 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.
- salicin
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- nitchie
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North-American Indian.
- lithias
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noun,
Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- litchis
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noun,
the fruit of a Chinese tree, Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family, consisting of a thin, brittle shell enclosing a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- 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.
- lenitic
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adjective,
lentic.
- license
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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.
- licence
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noun, verb (used with object),
license.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Lettish
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noun,
Latvian (def 3).
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- Letitia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- letches
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noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- satchel
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noun,
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.
- intitle
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- tactics
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noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle.
- entitle
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- etchant
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noun,
a chemical used to etch designs into metal, glass, or other material.
- Cecilia
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 230? Roman martyr: patron saint of music.
- stencil
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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.
- sthenia
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noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- escheat
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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.
- sthenic
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adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- ethical
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adjective,
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- stichic
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adjective,
pertaining to or consisting of stichs or verses.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enchase
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verb (used with object),
to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- ethanes
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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.
- ethnics
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noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- icicles
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noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- inhales
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verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Sheitan
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noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- sheitel
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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.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- ichnite
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noun,
a fossil footprint.
- stealth
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noun,
secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- Sicilia
-
noun,
Italian name of Sicily.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silici-
-
- silicic
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adjective,
containing silicon.
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- helices
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noun,
a plural of helix.
- halites
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noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- tenches
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noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- ascetic
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noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- cathect
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verb (used with object),
to invest emotion or feeling in (an idea, object, or another person).
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- athlete
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noun,
a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill.
- thecate
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adjective,
having or being contained in a theca.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- cachets
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noun,
an official seal, as on a letter or document.
- ailette
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noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- Titanic
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noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- Thistle
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noun,
any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, especially of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.
- tictacs
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noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- achenes
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noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- theines
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noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- caleche
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noun,
Also, calash. (especially in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- atheist
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noun,
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
- cattish
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adjective,
catlike; feline.
- cancels
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- calcine
-
noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- aitches
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noun,
the letter H, h.
- calices
-
noun,
plural of calix.
- Antheil
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noun,
George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
- caliche
-
noun,
a surface deposit consisting of sand or clay impregnated with crystalline salts such as sodium nitrate or sodium chloride.
- actinic
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adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- calcite
-
noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Tahiti
-
noun,
the principal island of the Society Islands, in the S Pacific. 402 sq. mi. (1041 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Eccles
-
noun,
Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- Thetis
-
noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- 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.
- tahini
-
noun,
a paste made of ground sesame seeds.
- 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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Neches
-
noun,
a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- thetas
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- actin-
-
- cliche
-
noun,
a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clinch
-
noun,
the act of clinching.
- leches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clinic
-
noun,
a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clitic
-
noun,
a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- 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.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tactic
-
noun,
tactics (def 1).
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- 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.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- stacc.
-
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- elect.
-
- 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.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- selen-
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- 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.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- 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.
- escent
-
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Ischia
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- 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.
- Thanet
-
noun,
Octave [ok-tiv,, -teyv] /ˈɒk tɪv,, -teɪv/ (Show IPA) pen name of Alice French.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- tinct.
-
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- clench
-
noun,
the act of clenching.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- tilths
-
noun,
the act or operation of tilling land; tillage.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- 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.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- tictac
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- laches
-
noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- stitch
-
noun,
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Secchi
-
noun,
Pietro Angelo [pye-traw ahn-je-law] /ˈpyɛ trɔ ˈɑn dʒɛ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1818–78, Italian Jesuit and astronomer.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- 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.
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- 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.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- cleans
-
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- slatch
-
noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- thetic
-
adjective,
positive; dogmatic.
- icicle
-
noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- 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.
- litchi
-
noun,
the fruit of a Chinese tree, Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family, consisting of a thin, brittle shell enclosing a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- tenths
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- Chance
-
noun,
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency:
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Shiite
-
noun,
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- 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.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- 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.
- cancel
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- accel.
-
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Lithia
-
noun,
Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- helic-
-
- 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.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Neilah
-
noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Cecile
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- 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.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- celiac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- lithic
-
noun,
Archaeology. a stone artifact.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- shtetl
-
noun,
(formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- 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.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- cilice
-
noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- chitin
-
noun,
a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- Lettic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- 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.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- cachet
-
noun,
an official seal, as on a letter or document.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- C-in-C
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sheena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lesche
-
noun,
an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- hectic
-
adjective,
characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- chital
-
noun,
axis deer.
- Heinie
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- lichts
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- 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.
- liches
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- 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.
- 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.
- chicle
-
noun,
a gumlike substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical American trees, as the sapodilla, used chiefly in the manufacture of chewing gum.
- calci-
-
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- Iletin
-
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Chiles
-
noun,
chili.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tithes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- 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.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Hattic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Hatti.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- 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.
- alti-
-
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- IATSE
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- init.
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- inst.
-
- ician
-
- 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.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- incl.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Icel.
-
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- seti-
-
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- acct.
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- licet
-
- acet-
-
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- 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.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neth.
-
- 30-30
-
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- 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.
- 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.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- Lith.
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- tilth
-
noun,
the act or operation of tilling land; tillage.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- lact-
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- sect.
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- Ital.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- istic
-
- Isth.
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lect.
-
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- 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.
- scat-
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- 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.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- 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.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- 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.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Hatti
-
noun,
an ancient people who lived in central Anatolia before its conquest by the Hittites.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- clase
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tech.
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- cinch
-
noun,
a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cache
-
noun,
a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.:
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Thant
-
noun,
U, U Thant.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- 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.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- eccl.
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- tele-
-
- 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.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- 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.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- 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: ¢.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- Cath.
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- tenth
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chin.
-
- chili
-
noun,
Also called chili pepper. the pungent pod of any of several species of Capsicum, especially C. annuum longum: used in cooking for its pungent flavor.
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- calc-
-
- chics
-
noun,
style and elegance, especially in dress:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- 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.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- canc.
-
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- heli-
-
- 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.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- 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.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- ante-
-
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Theta
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hect-
-
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- hist.
-
- theat
-
- encl.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Esth.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- anti-
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- anth-
-
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- 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.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- 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.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ten.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tel-
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- NTIA
-
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- scil
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sch.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sci.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- that
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neh.
-
- 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.
- sech
-
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- sec.
-
- the-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- thi-
-
- 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.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Sat.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tit.
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- tanh
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- int.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- enl.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Eth.
-
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- ELAS
-
- 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.
- cts.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cis-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- 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.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- ICSH
-
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- ette
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hal-
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- 1080
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- ANSI
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ant.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- asc-
-
- 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.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- att.
-
- Alis
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ates
-
- ACTH
-
- acc.
-
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- chs.
-
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- cene
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chal
-
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Cels
-
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- 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.
- Chic
-
noun,
style and elegance, especially in dress:
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- cen.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- attn
-
- cac-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- CCls
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- lea.
-
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- 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.
- itis
-
- 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.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Nah.
-
- 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:
- Lat.
-
- lit.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- intl
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lani
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- 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).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- NCTE
-
- SAE
-
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- NSC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- LSC
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- ine
-
- CCA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Les
-
- CIE
-
- CIC
-
- CIA
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- cs.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEC
-
- CEA
-
- ct.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ch.
-
- 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:
- NHI
-
- 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.
- NHA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- AIC
-
- AHL
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHE
-
- NCC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- NHL
-
- al.
-
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- TNT
-
- TLC
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- ACS
-
- NEC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- NES
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- th-
-
- ASI
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- cc.
-
- ca.
-
- NSA
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ATC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- THC
-
- at.
-
- LTh
-
- ast
-
- ASN
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- NHS
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ANC
-
- ase
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- NIH
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- CNS
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- La.
-
- ITA
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- ITC
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- SLA
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- ite
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SLE
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- 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.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- cle
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- 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).
- ETS
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- SHA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IHS
-
- ise
-
- sht
-
- ish
-
- ist
-
- 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).
- ICC
-
- Isl
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ics
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Hts
-
- ht.
-
- HST
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Lt.
-
- TTS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CTA
-
- CTC
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- cte
-
- LCT
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- EIS
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- CSC
-
- EEC
-
- ESL
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TAL
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ea.
-
- CST
-
- en-
-
- INH
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- STI
-
- ESA
-
- sc.
-
- se-
-
- CLI
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- CNC
-
- ene
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- STL
-
- CSA
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- TL
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- 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.
- 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.
- TN
-
- ee
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EI
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TC
-
- TT
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- ic
-
- NC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NL
-
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- S.
-
- LH
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- LC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- i.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- T1
-
- ln
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- L.
-
- SN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- 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.
- HL
-
- NH
-
- le
-