Anagrams of turnstiles
Word turnstiles has
592 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of turnstiles.
- turnstile
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noun,
a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- lutenists
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noun,
a person who plays the lute.
- tintless
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adjective,
without tint or tints; colorless.
- intrusts
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- Lutenist
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noun,
a person who plays the lute.
- trusties
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adjective,
able to be trusted or relied on; trustworthy; reliable.
- entrusts
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- strunts
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noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- lustres
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Silures
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- lutists
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noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- 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.
- runless
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adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- results
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Silenus
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noun,
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- insults
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- insures
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- sutlers
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- intrust
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- Suttner
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noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tinsels
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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.
- rustles
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- listens
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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:
- entrust
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- nutters
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noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- nutlets
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noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- unrests
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- ulsters
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- lusters
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- listers
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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.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- sunset
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noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- Littre
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noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Sutter
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noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- suttle
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adjective,
a frequent misspelling of subtle.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- 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.
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- testis
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noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- suites
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- strunt
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noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 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.
- stilts
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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.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lutist
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noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- stints
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Lieut.
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- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- litter
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- struts
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noun,
the act of strutting.
- lutein
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- litten
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adjective,
lighted1 .
- 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:
- sturts
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noun,
violent quarreling.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- suints
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noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- utters
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adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- tinter
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tussle
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noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- trusts
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noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- tsuris
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noun,
trouble; woe.
- tuners
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- estrus
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noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Turtle
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noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- Tustin
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- nurses
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- unless
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conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- unrest
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- nutlet
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noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- 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.
- Nutter
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noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- titles
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noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- 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.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- russet
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noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- tissue
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noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- Nistru
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noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
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- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- instr.
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- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- insult
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- setts
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noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- sents
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rents
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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.
- resin
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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.
- rusts
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noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rules
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noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sinus
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noun,
a curve; bend.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sires
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silts
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noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- runts
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noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Russ.
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abbreviation,
Russia.
- runes
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noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- seti-
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- sines
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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.
- stunt
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noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- Siret
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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.
- Trust
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noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- tints
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noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
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noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- titer
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- title
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noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titre
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noun,
titer.
- Titus
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noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- Trent
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noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- tress
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- trets
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noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trite
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adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- truss
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noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- tules
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noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tilts
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noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tuner
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunes
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noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Turin
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noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- ulent
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- Unit.
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- unite
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unset
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adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
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verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- until
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conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Uriel
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noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- urine
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- utile
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adjective,
useful.
- Utter
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adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- sites
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- stilt
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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.
- situs
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noun,
position; situation.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slues
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noun,
the act of sluing.
- sluit
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noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- sluts
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- snits
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sruti
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noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Stent
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Stets
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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.
- sties
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noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stile
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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.
- stint
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Susie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- tiers
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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.
- Teut.
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- tests
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noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- terns
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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.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tents
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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.
- suite
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- stirs
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- suint
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noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suets
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noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Sturt
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noun,
violent quarreling.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- stuns
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noun,
the act of stunning.
- strut
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noun,
the act of strutting.
- reni-
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- rutin
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- reins
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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.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ileus
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noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- lunts
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noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- lures
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noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- inst.
-
- nitr-
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- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Letts
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noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- lusts
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noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- neut.
-
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- neur-
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nests
-
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.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 30-30
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- 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.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ste.
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- lit.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- tel-
-
- 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:
- ten.
-
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- 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.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lin.
-
- str.
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- 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.
- 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.
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- ter.
-
- isls
-
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- est.
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ESIS
-
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- uni-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eur.
-
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- uret
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIS
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- trit
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- 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.
- ISSN
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ile-
-
- Ire.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tit.
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- ins.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- sers
-
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).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Rus.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- 1080
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- USN
-
- tue
-
- 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.
- TSS
-
- TTS
-
- uti
-
- Tu.
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- St.
-
- SST
-
- ETS
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- nr.
-
- ETR
-
- ESU
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rt.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- Sr.
-
- in.
-
- rte
-
- ILS
-
- RSS
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RSE
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ITU
-
- Rs.
-
- eu-
-
- NSU
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ure
-
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- uns
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ur-
-
- Re.
-
- ss.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USR
-
- 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.
- SRS
-
- UIT
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ESL
-
- ERT
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tr.
-
- USS
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- SSE
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- NUL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SSN
-
- ult
-
- Une
-
- SSI
-
- SSR
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- TNT
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ist
-
- LST
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ite
-
- ltr
-
- 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).
- STL
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IUS
-
- NES
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Lt.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ne-
-
- Sus
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LSS
-
- ine
-
- ISR
-
- STI
-
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- LSI
-
- SNU
-
- se-
-
- Ir.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ise
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- SLR
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlr
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SLE
-
- 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:
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Isl
-
- 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.
- ln
-
- NI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RN
-
- S.
-
- UL
-
- SN
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SL
-
- EI
-
- SU
-
- RU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- UI
-
- TT
-
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- TN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- T1
-
- LR
-
- t.
-
- L1
-
- R.
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- i.
-
- 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.
- U.
-