Anagrams of tourmaline
Word tourmaline has
1222 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of tourmaline.
- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- alinotum
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- Roumelia
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noun,
Rumelia.
- Maronite
-
noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- line-out
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noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- aureolin
-
noun,
a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Moultrie
-
noun,
William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- alumino-
-
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- mineral.
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- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- nemato-
-
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- romaunt
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Morelia
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- Mineola
-
noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- outline
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- Rumelia
-
noun,
a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- 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.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- antero-
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- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- numeral
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noun,
a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number:
- neutro-
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- unmiter
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- unmitre
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- unmoral
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adjective,
neither moral nor immoral; amoral; nonmoral:
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- uranite
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Euratom
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noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- Manitou
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noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- mainour
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noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- mounter
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Martinu
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noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- Renault
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- melano-
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- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- turmoil
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noun,
a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet:
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- remount
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Tuonela
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noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- intra-
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- Munroe
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noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- munite
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verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- multi-
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- muleta
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noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- Multan
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noun,
a city in E central Pakistan.
- mulier
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noun,
a woman or wife.
- nitro-
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- intro.
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- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Muriel
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noun,
a female given name.
- neurol
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- oilman
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- inlaut
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noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Noumea
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noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- Nature
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noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nutria
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noun,
the coypu.
- normal
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noun,
the average or mean:
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- neural
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adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- oilmen
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Nomura
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noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- neuro-
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- murine
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noun,
a murine rodent.
- inter.
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- nemat-
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- iatro-
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- omenta
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noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Lorena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- matri-
-
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Lomita
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- mature
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adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Marlon
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noun,
a male given name.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- melan-
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- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marlin
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mantel
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noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Malone
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noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- luteo-
-
- lutein
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- Mantle
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noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lumine
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verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- moulin
-
noun,
a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Latium
-
noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- morula
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- merlon
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- metal.
-
- metro-
-
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- Lieut.
-
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- alumin
-
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Truman
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noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- Tuinal
-
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Ultima
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- 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.
- alumni
-
noun,
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- anemo-
-
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- amino-
-
- telium
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tauro-
-
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- ultimo
-
adverb,
in or of the month preceding the current one:
Abbreviation: ult., ulto.
Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- urano-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- aeron.
-
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- urino-
-
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- ultra-
-
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- utero-
-
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Metol
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- metr-
-
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- meta-
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- mero-
-
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- tonia
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- male-
-
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- matr-
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- ulent
-
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Unit.
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meno-
-
- uran-
-
- Melia
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- reni-
-
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Reaum
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- neut.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- neur-
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- onium
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- omni-
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- naut.
-
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- term.
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Mont.
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- natl.
-
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- telo-
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- orial
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Euro-
-
- ante-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- areo-
-
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anti-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- arium
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Ital.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- auto.
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Armen
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atmo-
-
- 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.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- ation
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Arnel
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- alum.
-
- 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.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- intr.
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ileo-
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 30-30
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- aeri-
-
- Amer.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- aero-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- amin-
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- 1080
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- intl
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rom.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- not-
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- int.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nor.
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- NTIA
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- out-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Ont.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- emia
-
- inae
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ole-
-
- ile-
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- RONA
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tri-
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tron
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- amt.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ano-
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- ant.
-
- tRNA
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Aire
-
- uro-
-
- uria
-
- uret
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- AIME
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- uni-
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ulto
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- alt.
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ANTU
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- ator
-
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- aur-
-
- aut-
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ter.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Arm.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- taur
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- nom.
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- mun.
-
- mult
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- mRNA
-
- mout
-
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Mon.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Lat.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- met.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- ment
-
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- men-
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- 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.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- itol
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- neo-
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- Om.
-
- ILO
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- LMT
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- il-
-
- AMU
-
- IOT
-
- tr.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- NIA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Ola
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- OIr
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- OIt
-
- tra
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- EMT
-
- IOU
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- EMR
-
- IRO
-
- AOU
-
- ONR
-
- aor
-
- io-
-
- ONI
-
- MIE
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- tlo
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- IRL
-
- ier
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Ir.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- tlr
-
- 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:
- Ia.
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- mi.
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Tro
-
- OEM
-
- NMI
-
- ur-
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- NMR
-
- UNO
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Une
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- UMT
-
- Me.
-
- NMU
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- al.
-
- uti
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Am.
-
- an.
-
- Mo.
-
- Ar.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ae.
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ure
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ine
-
- OAU
-
- ALU
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- in.
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- AME
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- LON
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- nr.
-
- UIT
-
- NRA
-
- ult
-
- Mao
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- ALM
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UAM
-
- ior
-
- UAE
-
- UAR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NUL
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- NUM
-
- ITU
-
- 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.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ean
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EAM
-
- ROA
-
- MOR
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- rte
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RMA
-
- EOM
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- eo-
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Re.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RNA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- La.
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- REA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Lt.
-
- ium
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- 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)
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- en-
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- MTO
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- mtn
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MTI
-
- eir
-
- Mt.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- rt.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ETR
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MLR
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- 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.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ote
-
- MIT
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- OTA
-
- at.
-
- ARU
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- NEA
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- eu-
-
- LIM
-
- TIA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ne-
-
- MOI
-
- ERT
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ETO
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- 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.
- L.
-
- TL
-
- i.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- N.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RI
-
- ol
-
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AO
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- t.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- T1
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RU
-
- OA
-
- R.
-
- LM
-
- U.
-
- ln
-
- LR
-
- UI
-
- le
-
- UL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- RN
-
- MN
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- NL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- M.
-
- NM
-
- TN
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TM
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.