Anagrams of transitable
Word transitable has
1472 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of transitable.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- abstainer
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noun,
a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- translate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- trainable
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adjective,
capable of being trained.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- brittles
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noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- Barletta
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noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- ratsbane
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noun,
rat poison.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- birettas
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- Atabrine
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- tabarets
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noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- Rabelais
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- tibetans
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- retinals
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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.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- test-ban
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noun,
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- bitterns
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- arbalest
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noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- labiates
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noun,
a labiate plant.
- instable
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adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- satiable
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adjective,
capable of being satiated.
- blatters
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noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- basanite
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noun,
a basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- brattles
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noun,
a clattering noise.
- alterant
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- Brattain
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noun,
Walter Houser [hou-zer] /ˈhaʊ zər/ (Show IPA), 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- blatant
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adjective,
brazenly obvious; flagrant:
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- tabinet
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noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- 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.
- blatter
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noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- ratable
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adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- strati-
-
- bitters
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noun,
a liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, especially in mixed drinks, or as a tonic.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Arabist
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noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- tabaret
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noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- biretta
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- bittern
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- bistate
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- arables
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noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- arietta
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noun,
a short aria.
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Bettina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Basilan
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noun,
an island in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. 495 sq. mi. (1282 sq. km).
- batiste
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- Batista
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noun,
Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- saltant
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adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Bastian
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noun,
Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- basilar
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- battels
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noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- basiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- Serbian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- Barnett
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noun,
a male given name.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Barinas
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noun,
a city in W Venezuela.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- battens
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noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- 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.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- berlins
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noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- attrib.
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- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- 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.
- Sabrina
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noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word for the river Severn.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- battles
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noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- batters
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noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- transl.
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- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Telstar
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- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Britten
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noun,
(Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.
- brittle
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noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Abelian
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adjective,
of or relating to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- abstain
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verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- 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.
- 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.
- abreast
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adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- Alberta
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noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- labiate
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Lesbian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- brattle
-
noun,
a clattering noise.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- branles
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- triable
-
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Tibetan
-
noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- Isabela
-
noun,
a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- latten
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Sabean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Sabina
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- battle
-
noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- batten
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- battel
-
noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- bitten
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- bettas
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
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.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- barit.
-
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tablet
-
noun,
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- 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.
- terat-
-
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- tetra-
-
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Banias
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- terns
-
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.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- 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.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- tiers
-
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.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sebi-
-
- Ital.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- intr.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- seti-
-
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sanit
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- treas
-
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- stat.
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- rents
-
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.
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- ster.
-
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Nabis
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Nebr.
-
- nears
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- natl.
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- tera-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Srta.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tears
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Rains
-
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).
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- nitr-
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- inst.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- 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.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- BLitt
-
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Brit.
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- ASEAN
-
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- BSRet
-
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ante-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Arab.
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arnel
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Brale
-
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- anis-
-
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Balt.
-
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Bart.
-
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Alta.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alas.
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- estab
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- IATSE
-
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- 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.
- 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.
- abstr
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- anal.
-
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- in-lb
-
- anat.
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- alti-
-
- 30-30
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SATB
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Sat.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 1080
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SBLI
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Aire
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- ABLS
-
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- TRIB
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- abr.
-
- tri-
-
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Sab.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- trit
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tRNA
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- aet.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Tit.
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- aer-
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- abs-
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- RNAS
-
- Ala.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ARIS
-
- tel-
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- tab.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- art.
-
- alt.
-
- ten.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- str.
-
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- ANSI
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Anas
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- bal.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alb.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- attn
-
- Ste.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ter.
-
- att.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ates
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Alis
-
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Sra.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- est.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- BSAA
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- BSAE
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Lat.
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- BSIT
-
- iana
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Lab.
-
- 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.
- IATA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- NRAB
-
- ears
-
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.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ELAS
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- 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:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lin.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- BSNA
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BSRT
-
- lit.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- btl.
-
- 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.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitB
-
- NLRB
-
- IAEA
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- 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).
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- BLit
-
- ile-
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- intl
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- 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.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- bin-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rel.
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Ire.
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- ISBN
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- RIBA
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- rets
-
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.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- NTSB
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ible
-
- inae
-
- 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.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- NTIA
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Tbi
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- TSE
-
- ILS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TSI
-
- TBA
-
- EIS
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- AAE
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- in.
-
- Les
-
- Aar
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AIA
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ab-
-
- ine
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ib.
-
- ESA
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- AEA
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TNT
-
- TNB
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- tlr
-
- IBN
-
- EBS
-
- ae.
-
- ial
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ISR
-
- IAS
-
- 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.
- ist
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ITA
-
- Lt.
-
- ite
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- La.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- abt
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- IRS
-
- en-
-
- Ir.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- il-
-
- ERT
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ESL
-
- IRL
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TIA
-
- ISA
-
- ESR
-
- abn
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ier
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- eir
-
- TTS
-
- EbN
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NSA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Re.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BRE
-
- Bn.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Br.
-
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- SLA
-
- NBS
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ne-
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NES
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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:
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- BNS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- SLE
-
- rt.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RNA
-
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- BIE
-
- SAE
-
- BLS
-
- ble
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SAR
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- 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.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- BLA
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- RBI
-
- REA
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- BRT
-
- NEA
-
- bl.
-
- STL
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- BST
-
- asb
-
- ase
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- STI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ASI
-
- ARS
-
- ea.
-
- ASR
-
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TAL
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EAA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ean
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ASN
-
- ltr
-
- ast
-
- BSN
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- NAA
-
- BSE
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ATB
-
- SRB
-
- BSL
-
- ATA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- STB
-
- be-
-
- SLR
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Sr.
-
- BSA
-
- SA
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- SL
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- Eb
-
- SN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- B-
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TT
-
- 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.
- TB
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- le
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TL
-
- TN
-
- L.
-
- EI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NL
-
- LR
-
- ln
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- t.
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