Anagrams of track-and-field
Word track-and-field has
1708 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of track-and-field.
- dark-field
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adjective,
of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
- candidate
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noun,
a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.:
- declarant
-
noun,
a person who declares or makes a declaration or statement.
- Centralia
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois.
- cadential
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a musical cadence.
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- andradite
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium-iron garnet, Ca 3 Fe 2 Si 3 O 2 , occurring in brown, green, or black crystals.
- Claretian
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noun,
a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- radicand
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noun,
the quantity under a radical sign.
- kalendar
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noun,
a calendar, especially of a church:
- radiance
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- Adlerian
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adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- kalifate
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noun,
caliphate.
- Karelian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Karelia.
- tideland
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noun,
land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- dentalia
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- radicant
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adjective,
rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Clarinda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- articled
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- dead-air
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noun,
the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
- analcite
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- inflated
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adjective,
distended with air or gas; swollen.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- taker-in
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noun,
licker-in.
- Alicante
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noun,
a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- tailrace
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- Alcandre
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noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- Daladier
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1884–1970, premier of France 1933, 1934, 1938–40.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- riddance
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noun,
the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- la-di-da
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noun,
an affected or pretentious person.
- Tridacna
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noun,
a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- Canfield
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noun,
a game of solitaire often adapted to gambling purposes.
- califate
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noun,
caliphate.
- calendar
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noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cardinal
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- fairlead
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noun,
a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- laitance
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Landrace
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noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- Kildare
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noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 654 sq. mi. (1695 sq. km). County seat: Naas.
- crankle
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
bend; turn; crinkle.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- indraft
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noun,
an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- Candida
-
noun,
any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
- catlike
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adjective,
resembling or typical of a cat:
- infarct
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noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- alkanet
-
noun,
a European plant, Alkanna tinctoria, of the borage family.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- cranial
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adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- Lacerta
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noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- inflect
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verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- infract
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verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- crinkle
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noun,
a wrinkle or ripple.
- red-ink
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noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- Caldera
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- candela
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noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- retinal
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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.
- fracted
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adjective,
broken; having a part displaced.
- francia
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noun,
José Gaspar Rodríguez de [haw-se gahs-pahr raw-th ree-ges th e] /hɔˈsɛ gɑsˈpɑr rɔˈðri gɛs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), ("El Supremo") 1766–1840, Paraguayan political leader: dictator 1814–40.
- Candide
-
noun,
a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- Francie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- alcaide
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noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- Frankie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Frank.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- frantic
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adjective,
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- candied
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Aleardi
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noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- laterad
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adverb,
toward the side.
- candier
-
- 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.
- ratfink
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noun,
fink (defs 3, 4).
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- araneid
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- antacid
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noun,
an antacid agent.
- centri-
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- Aladdin
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noun,
(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the son of a poor widow in China. He becomes the possessor of a magic lamp and ring with which he can command a jinn to do his bidding.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- Karelia
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noun,
a region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, comprising Lake Ladoga and Onega Lake and the adjoining area along the E border of Finland.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- kindred
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noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- Catalin
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- katcina
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noun,
kachina.
- Katrina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine.
- arcaded
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noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- Katrine
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noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- Kenitra
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noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- keratin
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Ariadne
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- radiant
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- clinker
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noun,
a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.
- Caelian
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noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Clarkia
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noun,
any of various western U.S. plants belonging to the genus Clarkia, of the evening primrose family, having narrow leaves and ornamental red or purple flowers.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- laniard
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noun,
lanyard.
- knaidel
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noun,
a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- clarain
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noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Carlita
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noun,
a female given name.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- radical
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noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- Karaite
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noun,
a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
- alidade
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noun,
(in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
- FRACTAL
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noun,
a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions) are greater than the spatial dimensions.
- decanal
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adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- fade-in
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noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- tankard
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noun,
a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- fiddler
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noun,
a person who plays a fiddle.
- falcate
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adjective,
curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.
- Falkner
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noun,
William, Faulkner, William.
- 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.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- decadal
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adjective,
of or relating to a decade.
- Decalin
-
- fanatic
-
noun,
a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- facient
-
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- defiant
-
adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- fartlek
-
noun,
a training technique, used especially among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity.
- fancied
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- fancier
-
noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- tickler
-
noun,
a person or thing that tickles.
- danaide
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plural noun,
the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- faradic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a discontinuous, asymmetric, alternating current from the secondary winding of an induction coil.
- Acrilan
-
- fantail
-
noun,
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
- African
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Africa.
- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- flinder
-
noun,
Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- Danakil
-
noun,
Afar.
- triclad
-
noun,
a planarian.
- flanker
-
noun,
a person or thing that flanks.
- flicker
-
noun,
an unsteady flame or light.
- trickle
-
noun,
a trickling flow or stream.
- take-in
-
noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- dandier
-
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- Trianda
-
noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- flatcar
-
noun,
a railroad car consisting of a platform without sides or top.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- lacker
-
noun,
a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- detain
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detick
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verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- Larkin
-
noun,
Philip, 1922–85, English poet and critic.
- catkin
-
noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- K-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- kirtle
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- dirndl
-
noun,
a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- carafe
-
noun,
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- cardi-
-
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- landed
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Lanark
-
noun,
a historic county in S Scotland.
- cerat-
-
- canker
-
noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- failed
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- dicker
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Dinard
-
noun,
a city in W France: seaside resort.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Laddie
-
noun,
a young lad; boy.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- facade
-
noun,
Architecture.
the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one.
any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
- ladder
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- facial
-
noun,
a treatment to beautify the face.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- didact
-
noun,
a didactic person; one overinclined to instruct others.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- kindle
-
noun,
a litter of kittens, rabbits, etc.
- darkle
-
verb (used without object),
to appear dark; show indistinctly.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Darken
-
Idioms,
darken someone's door, to come to visit; make an appearance:
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- darkie
-
noun,
darky.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- indecl
-
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- darned
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- infra-
-
- indef.
-
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- finder
-
noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- dandle
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
- franca
-
noun,
a city in Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- dander
-
- Dandie
-
- Franck
-
noun,
César (Auguste) [sey-zar oh-gyst] /seɪˈzar oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, French composer, born in Belgium.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- daiker
-
verb (used without object),
dacker.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- Daedal
-
adjective,
skillful; ingenious.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- dacker
-
verb (used without object),
to totter or stagger.
- Frieda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Friend
-
noun,
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- Dardan
-
adjective, noun,
Trojan.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- kilter
-
noun,
good condition; order:
- dendr-
-
- kantar
-
noun,
(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- farina
-
noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- karate
-
noun,
a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet.
Compare judo, jujitsu.
- fardel
-
noun,
a bundle; burden.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- dendra
-
noun,
a plural of dendron.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Kerala
-
noun,
a state in SW India: formerly the regions of Travancore and Cochin. 15,005 sq. mi. (38,836 sq. km). Capital: Thiruvananthapuram.
- kerat-
-
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- certif
-
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denti-
-
- kilted
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- Deland
-
noun,
Margaret (Margaretta Wade Campbell Deland) 1857–1945, U.S. novelist.
- kalian
-
noun,
a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- fiddle
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the viol family.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- intake
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- inter.
-
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- intra-
-
- Deakin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1856–1919, Australian statesman: prime minister 1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10.
- Clarke
-
noun,
Arthur C(harles) 1917–2008, English science-fiction writer.
- feddan
-
noun,
an Egyptian unit of area equivalent to 1.038 acres (0.42 ha).
- fickle
-
adjective,
likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable:
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- kaftan
-
noun,
caftan.
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- candid
-
noun,
an unposed photograph.
- tickle
-
noun,
an act or instance of tickling.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- addict
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance:
- ranket
-
noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- rankle
-
verb (used with object),
to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in:
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- anklet
-
noun,
a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- ticked
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tinkle
-
noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- racket
-
noun,
a loud noise or clamor, especially of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar:
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- rackle
-
adjective,
headstrong; rash.
- raddle
-
noun,
ruddle.
- actin-
-
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- alkine
-
noun,
alkyne.
- arcked
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tackle
-
noun,
equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- ridden
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riddle
-
noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- afeard
-
adjective,
afraid.
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- afield
-
adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- tanked
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- afraid
-
adjective,
feeling fear; filled with apprehension:
- Africa
-
noun,
a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. About 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km).
- talkie
-
noun,
talking picture.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- 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.
- alkane
-
noun,
any member of the alkane series.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- 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.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- adren-
-
- Alfred
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Old English words meaning “elf” and “counsel.”.
- redfin
-
noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- adrift
-
adjective, adverb,
floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored:
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- ardeid
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tranfd
-
- Calif.
-
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- caftan
-
noun,
a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linked
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- Caddie
-
noun,
Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- Neckar
-
noun,
a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- Canad.
-
- calker
-
noun,
caulker.
- Natick
-
noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- calkin
-
noun,
calk2 (def 1).
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- nickel
-
noun,
Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- dried
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tera-
-
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- feti-
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- edit.
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- flack
-
noun,
press agent.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- tanka
-
noun,
a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- drift
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- farad
-
noun,
the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- fader
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- faena
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- tiled
-
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.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- Faial
-
noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 66 sq. mi. (171 sq. km).
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- tilak
-
noun,
a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- faker
-
noun,
a person who fakes.
- fakir
-
noun,
a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- fa-la
-
noun,
a text or refrain in old songs.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Falda
-
noun,
a white silk vestment extending from the waist to the ground, worn over the cassock by the pope on solemn occasions.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- Elkin
-
noun,
Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- encl.
-
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- faced
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- fatal
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facia
-
noun,
dashboard (def 1).
- 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.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Fried
-
noun,
Alfred Hermann [al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- flake
-
noun,
a small, flat, thin piece, especially one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass:
- Nedda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- Kraft
-
noun,
a strong, usually brown paper processed from wood pulp, used chiefly for bags and as wrapping paper.
- kraal
-
noun,
an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- knife
-
noun,
an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- knelt
-
noun,
the action or position of kneeling.
- knead
-
verb (used with object),
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- naked
-
adjective,
being without clothing or covering; nude:
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Kline
-
noun,
Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- Klein
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1849–1925, German mathematician.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- natl.
-
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- kenaf
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, of the mallow family, yielding a fiber resembling jute.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- kefir
-
- Kedar
-
noun,
the second son of Ishmael. Gen. 25:13.
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Katar
-
noun,
Qatar.
- kata-
-
- Karla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- radek
-
noun,
Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1885–1939? Russian writer and politician.
- licet
-
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- latke
-
noun,
a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lect.
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- dread
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- lact-
-
- NAAFI
-
noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- laker
-
noun,
a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
- Lakin
-
noun,
Obsolete. ladykin.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- karat
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 karats fine. Abbreviation: k., kt.
- kalif
-
noun,
caliph.
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Icel.
-
- refl.
-
- Frick
-
noun,
Henry Clay, 1849–1919, U.S. industrialist, art patron, and philanthropist.
- Freda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- freak
-
noun,
any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Frank
-
noun,
a signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
- reni-
-
- retd.
-
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- flick
-
noun,
a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger:
- flank
-
noun,
the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Fleck
-
noun,
a speck; a small bit:
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Rilke
-
noun,
Rainer Maria [rahy-nuh r mah-ree-ah] /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Kalat
-
noun,
a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Kafre
-
noun,
Khafre.
- raked
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- Kafir
-
noun,
Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Kadar
-
noun,
János [yah-nawsh] /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–89, Hungarian political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1956–88.
- Kadai
-
noun,
a group of languages related to the Thai group and spoken by a small population in southern China and northern Vietnam.
- Ital.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- intr.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Ikeda
-
noun,
Hayato [hah-yah-taw] /hɑˈyɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1965, Japanese statesman: prime minister 1960–64.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- incl.
-
- incr.
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- inkle
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- rect.
-
- Recit
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- dreck
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- liken
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Alick
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- 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.
- dedal
-
adjective,
daedal.
- alike
-
adverb,
in the same manner or form; similarly:
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- crake
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- decl.
-
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- deci-
-
- decd.
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- clink
-
noun,
a clinking sound.
- decaf
-
noun,
decaffeinated coffee or tea.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- dict.
-
- Akela
-
noun,
(in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Akita
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- dial.
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- alack
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay.)
- calef
-
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- dent.
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cakra
-
noun,
any of the points of spiritual power located along the body, usually given as six in number. The points are personified by gods and can be released through the proper exercises.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- Clerk
-
noun,
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- deka-
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- deca-
-
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danke
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- atria
-
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.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dakar
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Senegal; capital of former French West Africa. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- 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.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- Arnel
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crank
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- alti-
-
- anal.
-
- anat.
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- creak
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- andr-
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- crit.
-
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- dated
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- ankle
-
noun,
(in humans) the joint between the foot and the leg, in which movement occurs in two planes.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- cata-
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- addnl
-
- cidal
-
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- aden-
-
- addle
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- cent.
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- drank
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- Drake
-
noun,
a male duck.
Compare duck1 (def 2).
- 30-30
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- cert.
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- acet-
-
- Addie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- draft
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- adder
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- cine-
-
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Dinka
-
noun,
a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- clank
-
noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Cant.
-
- Card.
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clark
-
noun,
Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- AFTRA
-
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Link
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Klan
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- cen.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- calk
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- lin.
-
- 1080
-
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- like
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- 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.
- Can.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- NACA
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Lat.
-
- 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.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- CanF
-
- art.
-
- Lark
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atic
-
- Ltd.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- LitD
-
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- lit.
-
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- Lick
-
noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- leak
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- Lani
-
- cat.
-
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- 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:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lake
-
noun,
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cake
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cark
-
noun,
care or worry.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Cal.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Knt.
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lea.
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lack
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- lank
-
adjective,
(of plants) unduly long and slender:
- Cdr.
-
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- rack
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Aire
-
- AInd
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taka
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Bangladesh, equal to 100 poisha.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- talk
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- afr-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tack
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Akan
-
noun,
a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- Rida
-
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Adad
-
noun,
Babylonian god of storms and wind.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acea
-
- ACDA
-
- acad
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- aet.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- aer-
-
- ten.
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- 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.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- addn
-
- 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.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NTIA
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- RAAF
-
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- RCAF
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Arak
-
noun,
arrack.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- rad.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- NCTE
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- Ark.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- NCAA
-
- NDAC
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- NDak
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- 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.
- ref.
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- rel.
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Ald.
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- ALFA
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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).
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rcd.
-
- RdAc
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- alt.
-
- alk.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- tRNA
-
- CERN
-
- dat.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Fink
-
noun,
a strikebreaker.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- kilt
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- DCNL
-
- flak
-
noun,
antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- dark
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- Fin.
-
- fld.
-
- FICA
-
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- FERA
-
- Deck
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Dec.
-
- filt
-
- fict
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- dead
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Dard
-
noun,
Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- fedn
-
- iana
-
- Fri.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frt.
-
- Ind.
-
- IAEA
-
- IATA
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- Danl
-
- dank
-
noun,
Slang. high-quality marijuana:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- FLRA
-
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Dada
-
noun,
the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dak.
-
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- def.
-
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- end-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- enl.
-
- dir.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enc.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- fac.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- dlr.
-
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ect-
-
- Edda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- EDTA
-
- Efik
-
noun,
a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria near the mouth of the Calabar River, closely related to the Ibibio.
- EFTA
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Del.
-
- Den.
-
- fard
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- der.
-
- FDIC
-
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- fec.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Fed.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Din.
-
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- dif-
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Dick
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- fake
-
noun,
anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit:
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIAD
-
noun, adjective,
dyad.
- dia-
-
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- ctr.
-
- Fla.
-
- ile-
-
- cet-
-
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- infl
-
- crat
-
- kerf
-
noun,
a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
- Ire.
-
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Inf.
-
- ket-
-
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- IndE
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Kidd
-
noun,
Michael (Milton Greenwald) 1919–2007, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- Kelt
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- Kiel
-
noun,
the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.
- Kali
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- cir.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Karl
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Charles.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- kana
-
noun,
a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cide
-
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- clar
-
- kcal
-
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- kadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- 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.
- Kief
-
noun,
kef.
- cit.
-
- Ilka
-
adjective,
every; each.
- Kiln
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- EAA
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- AKC
-
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- kef
-
noun,
a state of drowsy contentment, especially from the use of a narcotic.
- CFR
-
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- EDD
-
- ea.
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ETD
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- di.
-
- DID
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- ead
-
- CFL
-
- RNA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ean
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- rnd
-
- RLD
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- DIL
-
- ACK
-
- CEA
-
- CDT
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- CFI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- AKA
-
- DFT
-
- RFE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- FCA
-
- an.
-
- CIE
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- CIF
-
- AIA
-
- dtd
-
- Af.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Ar.
-
- trf
-
- RFI
-
- DFA
-
- tra
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RFD
-
- RFC
-
- RFA
-
- Aar
-
- LaF
-
- AAF
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- DET
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- 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.
- kCi
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ALC
-
- AAE
-
- CIA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lt.
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- AEC
-
- eir
-
- AEF
-
- DNR
-
- KIA
-
- dk.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- 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.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- elk
-
noun,
Also called European elk. the moose, Alces alces.
- 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.
- TDD
-
- AEA
-
- dkl
-
- kn.
-
- ed.
-
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- DLC
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- TID
-
- EDT
-
- ADF
-
- ef-
-
- ae.
-
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- efl
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- DNA
-
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- TCA
-
- Dr.
-
- EDC
-
- TAL
-
- CFD
-
- tlr
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- AIC
-
- ERT
-
- La.
-
- TLC
-
- ETR
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- FAA
-
- tr.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CED
-
- 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.
- en-
-
- ec-
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ECF
-
- AFA
-
- CEF
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ECA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AFC
-
- Ker
-
- AFL
-
- KIF
-
noun,
kef.
- kil
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- CFA
-
- kr.
-
- FDA
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- CAI
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ine
-
- DAE
-
- CRT
-
- NEC
-
- FRC
-
- NEA
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- DAD
-
noun,
father.
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- DFC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Lek
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- nr.
-
- NLF
-
- CLI
-
- ard
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- clk
-
- nik
-
- CLR
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- 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.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NFL
-
- NFD
-
- NFC
-
- 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:
- Frl
-
- ft.
-
- NRC
-
- ier
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ide
-
- ctf
-
- ca.
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- CAF
-
- CAA
-
- cf.
-
- IFC
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- cr.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ct.
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- cl.
-
- Lif
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- il-
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- DCL
-
- FTC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- NAD
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ilk
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- NAA
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- ATC
-
- dd.
-
- NRA
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- DAR
-
- DDT
-
- cle
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- 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.
- ka-
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Kt.
-
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- DDR
-
- ite
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAF
-
- IRL
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- DRE
-
- Kaf
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar stop consonant sound.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- DEd
-
- Kan
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- FET
-
- RCA
-
- Fia
-
- Kal
-
- REA
-
- RDF
-
- RDC
-
- fic
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- ANF
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- LCI
-
- Rd.
-
- Ir.
-
- Re.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- IRC
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- LCT
-
- ANC
-
- LCF
-
- Fl.
-
- LCA
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- LCD
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- fn
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- RC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- KC
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ck
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LC
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- KD
-
- R.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NL
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FC
-
- FD
-
- RI
-
- TN
-
- RN
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- TC
-
- TD
-
- DN
-
- K.
-
- L2
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L.
-
- 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.
- LF
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ic
-
- le
-
- NI
-
- i.
-
- LR
-
- FE
-
- dl
-
- TL
-
- tk
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ln
-
- AK
-
- NF
-
- DF
-
- L1
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- ND
-
- RF
-