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- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- 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.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- 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.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- 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.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- 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.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- 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.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 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.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- 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.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- transl.
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- inter.
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- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- instr.
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- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- intra-
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- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Israel
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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.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enter-
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- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- retina
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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.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- leaner
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- liters
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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.
- selen-
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- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
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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.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Arleen
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noun,
a female given name.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Aileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- trans.
-
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- arsen-
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- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Elaine
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noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- antis
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noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anise
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noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- anils
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- anis-
-
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- ante-
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- artel
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- seti-
-
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- tiles
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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.
- Arnel
-
- lears
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Arles
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Lerna
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noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- 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.
- Aisne
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noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- treas
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reni-
-
- 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.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 30-30
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sanit
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- IATSE
-
- ster.
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- tera-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Iran.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- intr.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- astr.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tele-
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- nears
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Ital.
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tri-
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sra.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Ste.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- str.
-
- RNAS
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ter.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- ten.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 1080
-
- rel.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lin.
-
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- int.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- intl
-
- ins.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- inae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- lit.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- NTIA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- alt.
-
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- aer-
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- aet.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- art.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ant.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ANSI
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- ARIS
-
- ase
-
- at.
-
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ARS
-
- ESL
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ae.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TAL
-
- TIA
-
- ASN
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- Ar.
-
- TSI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ast
-
- an.
-
- ese
-
- ASR
-
- al.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TSE
-
- ERT
-
- ASI
-
- en-
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ea.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ean
-
- 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.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EIS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ene
-
- ETR
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- eir
-
- Isl
-
- ETS
-
- se-
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- SAR
-
- LSI
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SAE
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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).
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- RTS
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- rte
-
- nr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ine
-
- ISR
-
- Sr.
-
- ise
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SLR
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- STI
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- STL
-
- ist
-
- 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.
- ITA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SLA
-
- Lt.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- La.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SLE
-
- ite
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ee
-
- t.
-
- EI
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RI
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- T1
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- i.
-
- S.
-
- NI
-
- N.
-
- SN
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L.
-
- le
-
- SA
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NL
-
- TL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TN
-
- LR
-
- ln
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SL
-