Anagrams of ultraconservatives

Word ultraconservatives has 7448 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of ultraconservatives.

17 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

ultraconservative: adjective, extremely conservative, especially in politics.

13 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

conservatives
neurovisceral
overcultivate
unrestorative
intervascular
coalternative
unsecretarial
oversaturates
reevaluations
transsocietal
interosculate

12 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

retranslates
articulators: noun, a person or thing that articulates.
correlatives
vacationless
recreational: adjective, of or relating to recreation:
unalterative
oversaturate
resuscitator
elatinaceous
alternatives
acetostearin
restoratives: adjective, serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
reevacuation
transversive
transcursive
transversale
lever-action: noun, a rifle action in which the extracting and ejecting of the shell case and the recocking of the weapon are accomplished by a hand-operated lever arm in front of the trigger housing.
intercourses
intercoastal
teleosaurian
tetricalness
intercalates
sans-culotte: noun, (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
curativeness
secretariats: noun, the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, especially for an international organization:
sternutaries
consultative: adjective, of or relating to consultation; advisory.
rearticulate
conversative
curvinervate
transceivers
intrascrotal
reevaluation
salutatories: noun, a welcoming address, especially one given at the beginning of commencement exercises in some U.S. high schools and colleges by the salutatorian.
reinoculates
uncirostrate
astronautics: noun, the science of or technology involved in travel beyond the earth's atmosphere, including interplanetary and interstellar flight.
countervails
asseveration
oscurrantist
assertorical

11 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

overinsures
recessional: noun, a hymn or other piece of music played at the end of a service while the congregation is filing out.
Austronesia
Aristoteles: noun, a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
Castelvetro
Vesiculatae
vernaculars: noun, the native speech or language of a place.
intraocular: adjective, located or occurring within or administered through the eye.
enterovirus: noun, any of several picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, including poliovirus, that infect the human gastrointestinal tract and cause diseases of the nervous system.
translative: adjective, of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
translocate
cartularies: noun, chartulary.
secretarial: adjective, noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work:
Secretariat: noun, the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, especially for an international organization:
voluntaries: noun, something done voluntarily.
transversal
reassurance
isovalerate
interocular: adjective, being, or situated, between the eyes.
unevocative
Intercourse: noun, dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
overlactate
naturalists
overstriven
intercessor: noun, a person who intercedes.
intercalate
aeronautics: noun, the science or art of flight.
Vancouveria
coessential: adjective, united in essence; having the same essence or nature.
strait-lace: verb (used with object), to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
atelectasis: noun, incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth, as from lack of breathing force.
countervail: verb (used with object), to act or avail against with equal power, force, or effect; counteract.
cross-vault: noun, a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
intraserous
reactivates
reservation: noun, the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
transocular
correlative: noun, either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
resuscitant
overvaliant
evaluations: noun, an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
asteraceous: adjective, belonging to the Asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family Compositae.
lotus-eater: noun, Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
vol-au-vent: noun, a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
serrulation: noun, serrulate condition or form.
neutralists: noun, a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
altercation: noun, a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.
articulator: noun, a person or thing that articulates.
cantilevers: noun, any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
articulates: noun, a segmented invertebrate.
altercative
neurectasia
overinvests
overscatter
evacuations: noun, the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents.
restorative: adjective, serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
lacerations: noun, the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
reinstructs
unsartorial
retroactive: adjective, operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective:
starvations
re-creation: noun, the act of creating anew.
averruncate
neurectasis
involucrate: adjective, having an involucre.
sertularian: noun, a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
ventricular: adjective, of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
alternative: noun, a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility:

10 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

coastlines: noun, the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
laceration: noun, the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
covariates: noun, a continuous control variable that is observed rather than manipulated but can affect the outcome of an experiment or study:
courtesans: noun, a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
overtravel
alternator: noun, a generator of alternating current.
lavatories: noun, a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
courtesies: noun, excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
conservers
irresolute: adjective, not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
scaturient: adjective, gushing; overflowing.
corelative: noun, either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
raconteurs: noun, a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
vernacular: noun, the native speech or language of a place.
alteration: noun, the act or process of altering; the state of being altered:
coral-tree: noun, any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Erythrina, of the legume family, having large clusters of pealike flowers.
ventricose: adjective, swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
octavalent: adjective, having a valence of eight.
scansorial: adjective, capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
alternates: noun, a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
convertive
convertite: noun, a convert.
cornetists: noun, a musician who plays the cornet.
converters: noun, a person or thing that converts.
ventilator: noun, a person or thing that ventilates.
Corrientes: noun, a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
lactations: noun, the secretion or formation of milk.
correlates: noun, either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
ventilates: verb (used with object), to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
conversusi
conversive
alterative: adjective, tending to alter.
saturation: noun, the act or process of saturating.
ancestries: noun, family or ancestral descent; lineage.
contraries: noun, something that is contrary or opposite:
lacustrine: adjective, of or relating to a lake.
overvalues
casualties: noun, Military. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
salutation: noun, the act of saluting.
cantilever: noun, any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
reinvolves
reinstates: verb (used with object), to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
assaultive
trinocular: adjective, of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
resultants: adjective, that results; following as a result or consequence.
cantalever
retaliates: verb (used with object), to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
resolutive: adjective, having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
ascertains: verb (used with object), to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
reticulate: adjective, netted; covered with a network.
rectorates: noun, the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
retractile: adjective, capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
neutralist: noun, a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
articulate: noun, a segmented invertebrate.
retraction: noun, the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
lustrative
truantries: noun, truancy.
travesties: noun, a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
Tuscaroras: noun, a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
ultrasonic: adjective, of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
naturalist: noun, a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
ulcerative: adjective, causing ulceration.
tutelaries: noun, a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian.
auctioneer: noun, a person who conducts sales by auction.
unicostate: adjective, having only one costa, rib, or ridge.
renovative
Resistance: noun, the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
turnstiles: 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.
reoviruses
autoclaves
astructive
resections: noun, Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
avenaceous: adjective, of or like oats.
nectareous: adjective, nectarous.
retractive: adjective, tending or serving to retract.
travertine: noun, a form of limestone deposited by springs, especially hot springs, used in Italy for building.
antecessor: noun, a person who goes before; predecessor.
titanosaur: noun, any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
torrential: adjective, pertaining to or having the nature of a torrent.
reactivate
arenaceous: adjective, Geology, Petrology. (of rocks) sandlike; sandy.
centauries: noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, having clusters of small pink or red flowers.
tolerances: noun, a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
Arcesilaus: noun, 316–241 b.c, Greek philosopher.
varletries: noun, varlets collectively.
revulsions: noun, a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike:
rusticates: verb (used with object), to send to or domicile in the country.
tetracaine: noun, a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 15 H 24 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as an anesthetic.
testicular: adjective, of or relating to the testes.
novaculite: noun, a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
testaceous: adjective, of, relating to, or derived from shells.
vavasories: noun, the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.
Tersanctus
literature: noun, writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
catenative
recreation: noun, refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
transistor: noun, Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in size than a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions without requiring current to heat a cathode.
carrousels: noun, carousel.
arsenolite: noun, a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
Travancore: noun, a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
transverse: adjective, lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
transvalue
translates: verb (used with object), to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
reconverts: verb (used with object), to convert again.
aristocrat: noun, a member of an aristocracy, especially a noble.
revaluates: verb (used with object), to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
Revelation: noun, the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
cassolette: noun, a container for cooking and serving an individual portion of food, usually made of pottery, silver, or paper, or sometimes of baked dough.
reversions: noun, the act of turning something the reverse way.
cast-steel: noun, any of various steels cast in molds to form objects.
overstrive
catenaries: noun, Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. Equation: y = k cos h (x / k).
irrelevant: adjective, not relevant; not applicable or pertinent:
cross-vein: noun, a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
survivor's
elevations: noun, the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
solvencies: noun, solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
overinvest
evaluation: noun, an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
interlaces: verb (used with object), to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
evacuators
intersects: verb (used with object), to cut or divide by passing through or across:
evacuative
violescent: adjective, tending to a violet color:
acetonuria: noun, ketonuria.
cross-vine: noun, a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
orientates: verb (used with or without object), orient (defs 4–12).
intervolve: verb (used with or without object), to roll, wind, or involve, one within another.
elutriator: noun, a machine for separating particles of mineral by elutriation.
acervative
scrutineer: noun, an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.
vesiculose
vesiculate
Vesiculata
overreacts
scriveners: noun, scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
introverts: noun, a shy person.
intercross: noun, an instance of cross-fertilization.
souterrain: noun, a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
overrusset
outservant
increasers: noun, a person or thing that increases.
incrassate: adjective, Also, incrassated. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
inoculates: verb (used with object), to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
inosculate: verb (used with or without object), to unite by openings, as arteries in anastomosis.
overactive
inclosures: noun, enclosure.
virulences: noun, quality of being virulent.
stavesacre: noun, a larkspur, Delphinium staphisagria, of Europe and Asia Minor, having violently emetic and cathartic poisonous seeds.
instructor: noun, a person who instructs; teacher.
staurolite: noun, a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
aestivates: verb (used without object), estivate.
statuaries: noun, statues collectively.
secretions: noun, (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
cultivator: noun, a person or thing that cultivates.
stationers: noun, a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
sectarians: noun, a member of a sect.
aerostatic: adjective, of or relating to aerostatics.
vitrescent: adjective, becoming glass.
victualers: noun, a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
interclass: adjective, between classes; involving different classes.
senatorial: adjective, of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
Alcoranist: noun, a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
evacuation: noun, the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents.
oversilver
erinaceous: adjective, of the hedgehog kind or family.
versicular: adjective, of or consisting of verses.
involucres: noun, Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
survivance
covertness
escalators: noun, Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
oversaliva
sultanates: noun, the office or rule of a sultan.
votiveness
volunteers: noun, a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.

9 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

carotenes: noun, any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
caroluses: noun, any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
carousals: noun, a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
sectorial: adjective, of or relating to a sector.
Escalator: noun, Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
selection: noun, an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
essential: noun, a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
carousels: noun, merry-go-round (def 1).
sectional: noun, a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
icteruses: noun, jaundice (def 1).
retrieval: noun, the act of retrieving.
sectaries: noun, a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
carrioles: noun, cariole.
retroacts: verb (used without object), to act in opposition; react.
travelers: noun, a person or thing that travels.
escalates: verb (used with or without object), to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
carrousel: noun, carousel.
carolines: noun, a female given name.
staircase: noun, a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
traverses: noun, the act of passing across, over, or through.
carnivore: noun, an animal that eats flesh.
retirants: noun, retiree.
evections: noun, a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
senoritas: noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
lotteries: noun, a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
eversions: noun, a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
entresols: noun, a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
renovates: adjective, Archaic. renovated.
Carnivora: noun, the order comprising the carnivores.
Tuscarora: noun, a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
selenious: adjective, containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
evocative: adjective, tending to evoke:
evolutive
escaroles: noun, a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads. Compare endive (def 1).
evulsions: noun, the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
ecarinate: adjective, having no carina or keel.
stationer: noun, a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
carnotite: noun, a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
auctorial: adjective, of, by, or pertaining to an author:
sectarian: noun, a member of a sect.
cartelist: noun, a member of a cartel or an advocate of cartelization.
renatures: verb (used with object), to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
reversion: noun, the act of turning something the reverse way.
Silvester: noun, a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “of the woodland.”.
errancies: noun, the state or an instance of erring.
sea-trout: noun, any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
transacts: verb (used with object), to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
siltstone: noun, a very fine-grained sandstone, mainly consolidated silt.
cassation: noun, annulment; cancellation; reversal.
casserole: noun, a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover.
revelator: noun, a person who makes a revelation.
increaser: noun, a person or thing that increases.
transects: verb (used with object), to cut across; dissect transversely.
cassoulet: noun, a white-bean stew of French origin, often containing pork, mutton, garlic sausage, and preserved goose or duck.
castanets: noun, either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
increases: noun, growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
traitress: noun, a woman who is a traitor.
locatives: noun, the locative case.
cast-iron: noun, an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
castrates: noun, a castrated person or animal.
seatrains: noun, a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
revaluate: verb (used with object), to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
inclosure: noun, enclosure.
retrousse: adjective, (especially of the nose) turned up.
seclusive: adjective, tending to seclude, especially oneself.
retrusion: noun, the act of moving a tooth backward.
sinecures: noun, an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
sorceries: noun, the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
natrolite: noun, a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
secretion: noun, (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
Cartesian: noun, a follower of Cartesian thought.
secretins: noun, a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
ulcerates: verb (used with object), to cause an ulcer on or in:
eructates: verb (used with or without object), to eruct.
caseinate: noun, a metallic salt of casein.
reluctate: verb (used without object), to show reluctance.
seclusion: noun, an act of secluding:
secateurs: noun, scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
reluctant: adjective, unwilling; disinclined:
cutleries: noun, cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
translate: verb (used with object), to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
caseation: noun, Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
stearates: noun, a salt or ester of stearic acid.
treasures: noun, wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
Louvertie: noun, a female given name.
treenails: noun, a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
trotlines: noun, a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
Essaouira: noun, a seaport in W Morocco.
serration: noun, serrated condition or form.
truancies: noun, the act or state of being truant.
etiolates: verb (used with object), to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
avulsions: noun, a tearing away.
lustrates: verb (used with object), to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
trouveres: noun, one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.
resolvent: noun, something resolvent.
sestertia: noun, a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
serrulate: adjective, finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
autoclave: noun, a heavy vessel for conducting chemical reactions under high pressure.
resonates: verb (used with object), to cause to resound.
elutriate: verb (used with object), to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
troiluses: noun, a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
rest-cure: noun, a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
calenture: noun, Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
esoterica: plural noun, things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
turncoats: noun, a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
trivalent: adjective, Chemistry. having a valence of three.
autotelic: adjective, (of an entity or event) having within itself the purpose of its existence or happening.
trueloves: noun, a sweetheart; a truly loving or loved person.
etruscans: noun, an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
estuaries: noun, that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
servitors: noun, a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
estancias: noun, (in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
slatterns: noun, a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
aventails: noun, Also called camail. a mail tippet suspended from the lower edges of a 14th-century basinet as a protection for the neck, throat, and shoulders.
slaveries: noun, the condition of a slave; bondage.
reservist: noun, a person who belongs to a reserve military force of a country.
estivates: verb (used without object), to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
enclosure: noun, something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
resinates: noun, Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
estuarine: adjective, formed in an estuary.
Sertorius: noun, Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
resection: noun, Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
resistant: noun, a person or thing that resists.
resistate: noun, any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
lutenists: noun, a person who plays the lute.
tsarevnas: noun, czarevna.
autovalve
avirulent: adjective, (of organisms) having no virulence, as a result of age, heat, etc.; nonpathogenic.
lutanists: noun, lutenist.
truncates: adjective, truncated.
serotines: noun, a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
serotinal: adjective, pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
caressive: adjective, of the nature of or resembling a caress:
lovevines
tricresol: noun, a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
retainers: noun, a person or thing that retains.
retaliate: verb (used with object), to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
Solutrean: adjective, Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
canvasers
canvasser
turnstile: 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.
sirventes: noun, a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
elastance: noun, the reciprocal of capacitance.
evaluates: verb (used with object), to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise:
Evaristus: noun, Saint, died a.d. 105, pope 97–105.
reorients: adjective, Rare. rising anew.
reticular: adjective, having the form of a net; netlike.
esculents: noun, something edible, especially a vegetable.
Caravette
reticules: noun, a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
tres-tine: noun, royal antler.
careerist: noun, a person who follows a career.
tunicates: noun, Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
cantorial: adjective, of or relating to a cantor.
turnsoles: noun, any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
calutrons: noun, a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
re-strain: verb (used with or without object), to strain again.
sericeous: adjective, silky.
eurasians: noun, the offspring of a European and an Asian.
serenatas: noun, a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
Calvaries: noun, Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified. Luke 23:33.
restorals: noun, restoration.
austenite: noun, a solid solution of carbon or of carbon and other elements in gamma iron, having a face-centered cubic lattice at all temperatures.
elevation: noun, the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
evacuants: noun, an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.
Canaletto: noun, Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Canale) 1697–1768, Italian painter.
lucrative: adjective, profitable; moneymaking; remunerative:
evacuator: noun, a person or thing that evacuates.
restraint: noun, a restraining action or influence:
canisters: noun, a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
restricts: verb (used with object), to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
resultant: adjective, that results; following as a result or consequence.
turneries: noun, the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
evacuates: verb (used with object), to leave empty; vacate. Synonyms: empty, void, drain.
turnovers: noun, an act or result of turning over; upset.
narrative: noun, a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
setaceous: adjective, bristlelike; bristle-shaped.
incurvate: adjective, curved, especially inward.
cat-train: noun, a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
Sterculia: noun, any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
conversus
crossline: noun, a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points:
contrails: noun, a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
crossette: noun, a projection at a corner of a door or window architrave.
saturants: noun, something that causes saturation.
contrasts: noun, the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
stricture: noun, a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism:
saturates: noun, a saturated fat or fatty acid.
scrutoire: noun, writing desk (def 1).
converses: noun, familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
scrutator: noun, a person who investigates.
saturator: noun, saturater.
crosstree: noun, Nautical. either of a pair of timbers or metal bars placed athwart the trestletrees at a masthead to spread the shrouds leading to the mast above, or on the head of a lower mast to support the platform or top.
converter: noun, a person or thing that converts.
strontias: noun, Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
croissant: noun, a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
croisette: noun, crossette.
laitances: noun, a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
convulses: verb (used with object), to shake violently; agitate.
tarriance: noun, delay.
corelates: verb (used with object), to correlate.
introvert: noun, a shy person.
tantalous: adjective, containing trivalent tantalum.
consulate: noun, the premises officially occupied by a consul.
construes: noun, the act of construing.
Cornelius: noun, Saint, died a.d. 253, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 251–253.
taverners: noun, the owner of a tavern.
sanitates: verb (used with object), to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
coastline: noun, the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
cruelties: noun, the state or quality of being cruel.
streetcar: noun, a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
laterites: noun, a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
tearstain: noun, a mark or wet streak left by tears.
coattails: noun, the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
Intervale: noun, a low-lying tract of land along a river.
coeternal: adjective, existing with another eternally.
latencies: noun, the state of being latent.
coinsurer: noun, a person or firm that contracts as an insurer jointly with another or others.
tartarous: adjective, consisting of or containing tartar.
coinsures: verb (used with or without object), to insure jointly with another or others.
Naucratis: noun, an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
coistrels: noun, a scoundrel; knave.
sarcenets: noun, a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
sarcosine: noun, a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
sartorial: adjective, of or relating to tailors or their trade:
sartorius: noun, a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
larcenous: adjective, of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
larcenies: noun, the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
larceners: noun, a person who commits larceny.
scrivener: noun, scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
cornetist: noun, a musician who plays the cornet.
intersect: verb (used with object), to cut or divide by passing through or across:
silencers: noun, a person or thing that silences.
taconites: noun, a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
scalation: noun, an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
Scarlatti: noun, Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
craterlet: noun, a small crater.
suricates: noun, a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
sclerotin: noun, an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
craniates: noun, a craniate animal.
countless: adjective, too numerous to count; innumerable:
sclerotia: noun, a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
countries: noun, a state or nation:
courantes: noun, a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
savouries: noun, British. an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.
Isocrates: noun, 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
sclerites: noun, any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
courtesan: noun, a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
survivals
sustainer: noun, a person or thing that sustains.
scenarist: noun, a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
survivant
coverture: noun, a cover or covering; shelter; concealment.
covariant: adjective, (of one magnitude with respect to another) varying in accordance with a fixed mathematical relationship:
covariate: noun, a continuous control variable that is observed rather than manipulated but can affect the outcome of an experiment or study:
iterances: noun, iteration.
tailraces: noun, the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
invertase: noun, an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
invocates: verb (used with object), invoke.
suctorial: adjective, adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
suctorian: noun, a suctorial animal.
lactation: noun, the secretion or formation of milk.
correlate: noun, either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
inverters: noun, a person or thing that inverts.
invertors: noun, any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
crenulate: adjective, minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
corrivals: noun, a rival; competitor.
corselets: noun, Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
Sausalito: noun, a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
crenature: noun, a crenation.
involvers
involucre: noun, Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
creatural: adjective, of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
involutes: noun, Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
creations: noun, the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
lacerates: adjective, lacerated.
creatines: noun, an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
sultanate: noun, the office or rule of a sultan.
Sauternes: noun, a rich, sweet white table wine of France.
corvettes: noun, a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
taintless: adjective, free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
telecasts: noun, a television broadcast.
latreutic: adjective, of or relating to latria.
cursorial: adjective, adapted for running, as the feet and skeleton of dogs, horses, etc.
culverins: noun, medieval form of musket.
sea-otter: noun, a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
sternites: noun, a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
insolates: verb (used with object), to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
tornarias: noun, the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
toreutics: noun, the art or technique of decorating metal or other material, especially by embossing or chasing.
ceintures: noun, cincture (defs 1, 2).
rosarians: noun, a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
Rosecrans: noun, William Starke [stahrk] /stɑrk/ (Show IPA), 1819–98, U.S. general.
licensure: noun, the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
Centaurea: noun, any of numerous composite plants of the genus Centaurea, having tubular flowers in a variety of colors. Compare cornflower (def 1), knapweed.
tolerates: verb (used with object), to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
caveators: noun, a person who files or enters a caveat.
centiares: noun, a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
cultivate: verb (used with object), to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
tolerance: noun, a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
levirates: noun, the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
Centralia: noun, a city in central Illinois.
centriole: noun, a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
centrists: noun, (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
centurial: adjective, pertaining to a century.
centuries: noun, a period of 100 years.
insulates: verb (used with object), to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
rivalrous: adjective, characterized by rivalry; competitive:
cavalries: noun, Military. the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback. mounted soldiers collectively. the motorized, armored units of a military force organized for maximum mobility.
roulettes: noun, a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
cattaloes: noun, beefalo.
sterilant: noun, a sterilizing agent.
catenates: verb (used with object), to link together; form into a connected series:
sea-rover: noun, a pirate.
tractions: noun, the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
liver-rot: noun, a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
revulsant: adjective, noun, revulsive.
revulsion: noun, a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike:
traceries: noun, ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
inoculate: verb (used with object), to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
revulsive: adjective, tending to alter the distribution of blood by revulsion.
catteries: noun, a place where cats are kept and bred.
cavaliers: noun, a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
traceless: adjective, having or leaving no trace:
survivers
literatus: noun, singular of literati.
sea-raven: noun, a large marine fish of the genus Hemitripterus, as H. americanus, common on the northern Atlantic coast of America.
literator: noun, littérateur.
literates: noun, a person who can read and write.
causation: noun, the action of causing or producing.
causative: noun, Grammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.
cauterant: noun, a caustic agent.
cauteries: noun, an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
levanters: noun, a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
insulator: noun, Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
televisor: noun, an apparatus for transmitting or receiving television.
lavrovite
Claretian: noun, a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
clarinets: noun, a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
straitens: verb (used with object), to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
saliences: noun, the state or condition of being salient.
intercuts: noun, a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.
salivates
salivator: noun, any agent that causes salivation.
saltation: noun, a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
cleansers: noun, a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
ternaries: noun, a group of three.
teratosis: noun, teratism (def 2).
tesseract: noun, the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.
interests: noun, the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
interlace: verb (used with object), to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
teosintes: noun, a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
lavations: noun, the process of washing.
salvation: noun, the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
tentacles: noun, Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
Salvatore: noun, a male given name.
laureates: noun, a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:
tenorites: noun, a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
tenacious: adjective, holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
tervalent: adjective, trivalent.
tessitura: noun, the general pitch level or average range of a vocal or instrumental part in a musical composition:
certosina: noun, a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
interacts: verb (used without object), to act one upon another.
ceruleans: adjective, noun, deep blue; sky blue; azure.
cerussite: noun, a mineral, lead carbonate, PbCO 3 , found in masses or in colorless, transparent crystals: an important ore of lead.
cervelats: noun, a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
cesareans: noun, Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
cessation: noun, a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:
cessative: adjective, (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing cessation.
routineer: noun, a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
tinctures: noun, Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
tierceron: noun, (in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
rusticate: verb (used with object), to send to or domicile in the country.
cilantros: noun, the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
testacean: adjective, having a shell or test.
cineastes: noun, any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
cinerator: noun, an incinerator.
cinereous: adjective, in the state of or reduced to ashes:
sacristan: noun, Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
tetanuses: noun, Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
sail-over: noun, a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
salacious: adjective, lustful or lecherous.
saleratus: noun, sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
lecturers: noun, a person who lectures.
testacies: noun, the state of being testate.
strainers: noun, a person or thing that strains.
Cointreau
cavernous: adjective, being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern:
relocates: verb (used with object), to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
recursion: noun, the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
ventricle: noun, Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
recusants: noun, a person who is recusant.
actuaries: noun, Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
Nestorius: noun, died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
overvault
overvalue
outserves
recurvate: adjective, bent back or backward; recurved.
arcuation: noun, the state of being bent or curved.
altruists: noun, a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
virulence: noun, quality of being virulent.
virtuosas: noun, a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
recursive: adjective, pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
ascertain: verb (used with object), to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
urceolate: adjective, shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.
ascensive: adjective, ascending; rising.
neuristor: noun, a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
virescent: adjective, turning green.
urticates: verb (used with object), to sting with or as if with nettles.
alternate: noun, a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
veracious: adjective, habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest:
outstares: verb (used with object), to outdo in staring; stare down.
altercate: verb (used without object), to argue or quarrel with zeal, heat, or anger; wrangle.
outvelvet
alterants: noun, something that produces alteration.
neurotics: noun, a neurotic person.
violences: noun, swift and intense force:
veratrine: noun, a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
oversaves
reenlists: verb (used with or without object), to enlist again.
overturns: noun, the act of overturning.
assertion: noun, a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
Orleanist: noun, a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
Orleanais: noun, a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
orinasals: noun, an orinasal sound.
raconteur: noun, a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
voiceless: adjective, having no voice; mute.
associate: noun, a person who shares actively in anything as a business, enterprise, or undertaking; partner; colleague; fellow worker:
vocatives
raclettes: noun, a dish made by heating a piece of cheese, as over a hearth, and scraping off the melted part onto a plate: served with boiled potatoes.
neoterics: noun, a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
reinsures: verb (used with object), to insure again.
assertive: adjective, confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic:
vocalises: noun, a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
ancestral: adjective, pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
variolate: adjective, resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
outrances: noun, the utmost extremity.
orientate: verb (used with or without object), orient (defs 4–12).
orientals: noun, (usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
acroleins: noun, a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
ventilate: verb (used with object), to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
reinstate: verb (used with object), to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
oceanauts: noun, aquanaut.
analcites: noun, a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
varietals: noun, a varietal wine named for such a grape (distinguished from generic).
anacrusis: noun, Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
Anacletus: noun, flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
vitaceous: adjective, belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
arcatures: noun, an arcade of small dimensions.
activates: verb (used with object), to make active; cause to function or act.
activator: noun, a person or thing that activates.
reactants: noun, a person or thing that reacts.
rectories: noun, a rector's house; parsonage.
acierates: verb (used with object), to convert (iron) into steel.
vesicular: adjective, of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
recountal: noun, an act of recounting.
arrestive: adjective, tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
alienates: verb (used with object), to make indifferent or hostile:
vesuvians: noun, (lowercase) a type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee.
Vancouver
arrestant: noun, a substance that interrupts the normal development of an insect.
overstate: verb (used with object), to state too strongly; exaggerate:
valencias: noun, Guillermo León [gee-yer-maw le-awn] /giˈyɛr mɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909–71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962–66.
valencies: noun, valence.
overrates: verb (used with object), to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
reconvert: verb (used with object), to convert again.
oleasters: noun, an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
reclusive
overreact: verb (used without object), to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
versatile: adjective, capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.:
Aleutians: noun, Aleut (def 1).
valerians: noun, any plant of the genus Valeriana, as the common valerian V. officinalis, having small, fragrant flowers of white, lavender, or pink and a root that is used medicinally.
reclusion: noun, the condition or life of a recluse.
vesicates: verb (used with object), to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
versicles: noun, a little verse.
valuation: noun, the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
recliners: noun, a person or thing that reclines.
aleurones: noun, protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
overrules: verb (used with object), to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person):
reclinate: adjective, bending or curved downward.
vesicants: noun, a vesicant agent or substance.
recession: noun, the act of receding or withdrawing.
Aristotle: noun, 384–322 b.c, Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
versative
Nicolette: noun, a female given name, form of Nicole.
vinaceous: adjective, of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
one-acter: noun, a short play consisting of one act.
arecoline: noun, a toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an agent for killing and expelling intestinal worms.
aerolites: noun, a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
articular: adjective, of or relating to the joints.
aeronauts: noun, the pilot of a balloon or other lighter-than-air aircraft.
rectorate: noun, the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
arteriole: noun, Anatomy. any of the smallest branches of an artery, terminating in capillaries.
alouettes: noun, French. a lark.
arterials: noun, a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
aerostats: noun, any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
utterance: noun, an act of uttering; vocal expression.
aestivate: verb (used without object), estivate.
victualer: noun, a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
uvarovite: noun, Mineralogy. a variety of garnet colored emerald-green by the presence of chromium.
one-a-cat: noun, one old cat.
overlearn: verb (used with object), to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall.
vernicles: noun, veronica1 .
overtires: verb (used with or without object), to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
recreants: noun, a coward.
overissue
vicarates: noun, vicariate.
veronicas: noun, the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
arsenites: noun, a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
arsenious: adjective, arsenous.
verrucose: adjective, studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations.
arsenical: noun, any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
arsenates: noun, a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
air-lance: noun, a lance using an air blast.
recourses
vacuolate: adjective, having a vacuole or vacuoles.
unsettles: verb (used with object), to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
verticals: noun, something vertical, as a line or plane.
anorectal: adjective, of, relating to, or associated with the anus and rectum.
nectarous: adjective, of the nature of or resembling nectar.
anoestrus: noun, anestrus.
volunteer: noun, a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
anteverts: verb (used with object), to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
anucleate: adjective, having no nucleus.
astatines: noun, a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
navicular: noun, Also, naviculare [nuh-vik-yuh-lair-ee, -lahr-ee] /nəˌvɪk yəˈlɛər i, -ˈlɑr i/ (Show IPA). the bone at the radial end of the proximal row of the bones of the carpus.
universal: noun, something that may be applied throughout the universe to many things, usually thought of as an entity that can be in many places at the same time.
nucleases: noun, any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
osculates: verb (used with object), to bring into close contact or union.
ostensive: adjective, clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
ourselves: pronoun, (used as an intensive of me or I):
astronaut: noun, a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
novelties: noun, state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness:
nucleates: adjective, having a nucleus.
antecourt: noun, a forecourt.
nectaries: noun, Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
anisettes: noun, a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
relatives: noun, a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
notecases: noun, billfold.
rationale: noun, the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
antirusts: noun, something that prevents or resists rust.
outcastes: noun, (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
Varsovian
rationals: noun, Mathematics. rational number.
antisolar: adjective, (on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
relations: noun, an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
antlerite: noun, an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
nauseates: verb (used with object), to affect with nausea; sicken.
vulcanite: noun, a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation.
assurance: noun, a positive declaration intended to give confidence:
anestrous: adjective, not showing estrus.
varistors: noun, a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
reiterant: adjective, reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
reliances: noun, confident or trustful dependence.

8 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

overturn: noun, the act of overturning.
Coulters: noun, colter.
close-in: adjective, near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
clusters: noun, a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
Lauretta: noun, a female given name, form of Laura.
veinlets: noun, a small vein.
coulisse: noun, a timber or the like having a groove for guiding a sliding panel.
courtier: noun, a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
clutters: noun, a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter:
scarlets: noun, a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
clonuses: noun, a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
Courtrai: noun, a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city.
tentacle: noun, Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
oculists: noun, ophthalmologist.
scienter: noun, a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
also-ran: noun, Sports. (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers. an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
Scituate: noun, a town in E Massachusetts.
issuance: noun, the act of issuing.
cloister: noun, a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
isostere: noun, Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
Veronica: noun, the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
overture: noun, an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer:
laureate: noun, a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:
counties: noun, the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
vernicle: noun, veronica1 .
tenorite: noun, a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
Countess: noun, the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
veinules: noun, venule.
tenorist: noun, a person who sings tenor.
clotures: noun, a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
latvians: noun, a native or inhabitant of Latvia.
Alouette: noun, French. a lark.
sanative: adjective, having the power to heal; curative.
counters: noun, a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
scenario: noun, an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
rational: noun, Mathematics. rational number.
Laurence: noun, Physics. a shimmering effect seen over a hot surface, such as a pavement or roadway, on a clear and calm day, caused by the irregular refraction of light. Compare scintillation (def 4).
counter-
isolette
courants: noun, courante.
counsels: noun, advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
Sancerre: noun, a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
verniers: noun, Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
courlans: noun, the limpkin.
scatters: noun, the act of scattering.
coursers: noun, a person or thing that courses.
isolates: noun, a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
construe: noun, the act of construing.
overtire: verb (used with or without object), to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
scouters: noun, a person who scouts.
cleanser: noun, a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
Aleutian: noun, Aleut (def 1).
cleanout: noun, an act of cleaning out.
sclerous: adjective, hard; firm; bony.
lean-tos: noun, a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
suricate: noun, a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
terranes: noun, any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
sureties: noun, security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
surcoats: noun, a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
aleurone: noun, protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
surcease: noun, cessation; end.
scourers: noun, a person who scours or cleanses.
involves
craniate: noun, a craniate animal.
learners: noun, a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
versiera: noun, witch of Agnesi.
versines: noun, versed sine.
claviers: noun, the keyboard of a musical instrument.
creatine: noun, an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
novelist: noun, a person who writes novels.
overseas: noun, (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
Creation: noun, the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
versions: noun, a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
creative: adjective, having the quality or power of creating.
creature: noun, an animal, especially a nonhuman:
sultanas: noun, a small, seedless raisin.
involute: noun, Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
novercal: adjective, of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
cleanses: verb (used with object), to make clean.
tentoria: noun, Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
alienate: verb (used with object), to make indifferent or hostile:
versants: noun, a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
lavation: noun, the process of washing.
teosinte: noun, a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
ratlines: noun, any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
scarious: adjective, thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
rat-tail: noun, grenadier (def 4).
anteater: noun, any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
Terceira: noun, an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
survivor
coverlet: noun, Also, coverlid [kuhv-er-lid] /ˈkʌv ər lɪd/ (Show IPA). a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.
saltires: 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.
survives
saltines: noun, a crisp, salted cracker.
terraces: noun, a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
Alicante: noun, a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
surviver
oversets: noun, the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
Teresian: noun, a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
survival
Teresina: noun, a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
saltiers: noun, saltire.
surveils: verb (used with object), to place under surveillance.
cleavers: noun, a North American plant, Galium aparine, of the madder family, having short, hooked bristles on the stems and leaves and bearing very small white flowers.
sclerite: noun, any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
anterior: adjective, situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
salterns: noun, a saltworks.
versicle: noun, a little verse.
alienors: noun, a person who transfers property.
Octavius: noun, a male given name.
scanties: noun, scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
anacusis: noun, total deafness.
ovulates: verb (used without object), to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
oceanaut: noun, aquanaut.
Sarraute: noun, Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
coleuses: noun, any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
Anatolic: adjective, noun, Anatolian.
sarcinas: noun, any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
analects: plural noun, selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
taurines: noun, a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
analcite: noun, a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
converts: noun, one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
convival
convives
convulse: verb (used with object), to shake violently; agitate.
sarcenet: noun, a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
Converse: noun, familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
laitance: noun, a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
saracens: noun, History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
coituses: noun, sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
corelate: verb (used with object), to correlate.
ventrals: adjective, of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
saunters: noun, a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
coistrel: noun, a scoundrel; knave.
anisette: noun, a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
lacunose: adjective, full of or having lacunae.
lacunars: noun, Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
Tantalus: noun, Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
coinsure: verb (used with or without object), to insure jointly with another or others.
tavernas: noun, a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
colinear: adjective, collinear.
Larousse: noun, Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
Cornelia: noun, flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
contrail: noun, a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
laotians: noun, a native or inhabitant of Laos.
Consuela: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
satiates: adjective, satiated.
conserve: noun, Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
anestrus: noun, (of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
Tartaric: adjective, pertaining to or derived from tartar.
larcener: noun, a person who commits larceny.
rainouts: noun, a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
consults: noun, a consultation.
satinets: noun, a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
contessa: noun, countess.
contests: noun, a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
saturant: noun, something that causes saturation.
conative: noun, Grammar. a conative word, affix, or verbal aspect.
sarsenet: noun, sarcenet.
raclette: noun, a dish made by heating a piece of cheese, as over a hearth, and scraping off the melted part onto a plate: served with boiled potatoes.
contrast: noun, the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
ventails: noun, the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
contrate: adjective, (of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
contrite: adjective, caused by or showing sincere remorse.
Tartarus: noun, a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
Anicetus: noun, Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
contrive: verb (used with object), to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
saturate: noun, a saturated fat or fatty acid.
tarsiers: noun, a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
ancestor: noun, a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
Coltrane: noun, John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
ocarinas: noun, a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
Taverner: noun, the owner of a tavern.
Tantalic: adjective, of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
Svetlana: noun, a female given name.
tactless: adjective, lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt:
coarsens: verb (used with or without object), to make or become coarse.
Talassio: noun, a god invoked at ancient Roman weddings, especially in epithalamions.
corvette: noun, a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
alterant: noun, something that produces alteration.
sautoirs: noun, a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
corvinas: noun, corbina.
velation: noun, pronunciation with velar articulation.
coal-tar: noun, a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
savarins: noun, a spongelike cake leavened with yeast, baked in a ring mold, and often soaked with a rum syrup.
nuclease: noun, any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
tailrace: noun, the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
savories: noun, British. an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.
iterates: verb (used with object), to utter again or repeatedly.
tactions: noun, touch; contact.
Latinate: adjective, of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
Octavian: noun, Augustus.
iterance: noun, iteration.
sanicles: noun, any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
scalares: noun, any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
raincoat: noun, a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
teleosts: noun, Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
scalenus: noun, any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
costrels: noun, a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
Taconite: noun, a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
taciturn: adjective, inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
Verlaine: noun, Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
Tacitean: adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
telerans: 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.
sauterne: noun, a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
lacerate: adjective, lacerated.
lactones: noun, any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
tea-rose: noun, any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
alunites: noun, a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
rasorial: adjective, given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
lacteous: adjective, milky; of the color of milk.
Santeria: noun, (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
ventures: noun, an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
teacarts: noun, tea wagon.
lactates: noun, an ester or salt of lactic acid.
lactases: noun, an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
anisoles: noun, a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
veloutes: noun, a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
coesites: noun, a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
tearless: adjective, not weeping or shedding tears.
altruist: noun, a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
coattail: noun, the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
telecast: noun, a television broadcast.
tear-out: adjective, designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
laterite: noun, a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
saurians: noun, a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
altoists: noun, a performer on the alto saxophone.
corrival: noun, a rival; competitor.
corsairs: noun, a fast ship used for piracy.
nucleate: adjective, having a nucleus.
Lacrosse: noun, a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
corselet: noun, Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
venulose: adjective, having venules.
corslets: noun, corselet (def 2).
coasters: noun, a person or thing that coasts.
sanitate: verb (used with object), to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
lactoses: noun, Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
crosslet: noun, a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
vertical: noun, something vertical, as a line or plane.
outlasts: verb (used with object), to endure or last longer than:
sericate: adjective, sericeous; silky.
Eurasian: noun, the offspring of a European and an Asian.
voitures: noun, a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
Eurocrat: noun, a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
serenata: noun, a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
elevator: noun, a person or thing that elevates or raises.
Eustacia: noun, a female given name.
eucrites: noun, a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
electros: noun, electrotype.
electron: noun, Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
electro-
evacuant: noun, an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.
acetones: noun, a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
evacuate: verb (used with object), to leave empty; vacate. Synonyms: empty, void, drain.
outcries: noun, a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
soilures: noun, a stain.
solstice: noun, Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
Etruscan: noun, an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
acervate: adjective, pertaining to growth, especially of fungi, that forms a dense, heaped-up mass.
serrates: adjective, Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
eluviate: verb (used without object), to undergo eluviation.
outcaste: noun, (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
serranos: noun, a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
elusions: noun, the act of eluding; evasion.
outclass: verb (used with object), to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior:
euclases: noun, a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
serotine: noun, a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
snorters: noun, a person or thing that snorts.
acetates: noun, Chemistry. a salt or ester of acetic acid.
Elsinore: noun, Helsingør.
societal: adjective, noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
eucaines: noun, a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
Socrates: noun, 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
election: noun, the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
acierate: verb (used with object), to convert (iron) into steel.
Serratia: noun, a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
evulsion: noun, the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
senorita: noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
soutanes: noun, a cassock.
evertors: noun, a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
souvenir: noun, a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
acrolein: noun, a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
senarius: noun, a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
Oriental: noun, (usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
eversion: noun, a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
Seleucia: noun, an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
outlines: noun, the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
selenous: adjective, selenious.
vitreous: adjective, of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.:
seilenos: noun, Silenus.
seicento: noun, the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
acrasins: noun, a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
eventual: adjective, happening at some indefinite future time or after a series of occurrences; ultimate:
elatives: noun, an elative case.
orinasal: noun, an orinasal sound.
elations: noun, a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
outliers: noun, something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
evaluate: verb (used with object), to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise:
elastins: noun, a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
vocative: noun, the vocative case.
elastics: noun, webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
elastase: noun, a pancreatic protease that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin and other related proteins to polypeptides and amino acids.
vocalise: noun, a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
vocalist: noun, a singer.
solvates: noun, a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
aconites: noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
sentries: noun, a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
evasions: noun, an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
sensoria: noun, a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
evection: noun, a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
etiolate: verb (used with object), to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
eternals: noun, something that is eternal.
starlets: noun, a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
escarole: noun, a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads. Compare endive (def 1).
envassal
Siracusa: noun, Syracuse (def 2).
enuresis: noun, lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.
votaries: noun, a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
votaress: noun, a woman who is a votary.
entrusts: verb (used with object), to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
vortices: noun, a plural of vortex.
escalate: verb (used with or without object), to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
vortical: adjective, of or relating to a vortex.
entresol: noun, a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
entrelac: noun, a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
entreats: verb (used with object), to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
entrails: plural noun, the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
escolars: noun, a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
voteless: adjective, lacking or without a vote.
sinuates: adjective, bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
esculent: noun, something edible, especially a vegetable.
erasures: noun, an act or instance of erasing.
silencer: noun, a person or thing that silences.
Ericsson: noun, John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
Ossetian: noun, an Osset.
erection: noun, the act of erecting.
ossature: noun, the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
Silvanus: noun, the god of forests and uncultivated land, later worshiped under three aspects, as the protector of the house, of the herds, and of the boundaries of the farm.
Erastian: noun, an advocate of Erastianism.
settlers: noun, a person or thing that settles.
erasions: noun, the act of erasing.
erratics: noun, an erratic or eccentric person.
severals: noun, several persons or things; a few; some.
setulose: adjective, having or covered with setulae.
eructate: verb (used with or without object), to eruct.
settlors: noun, a person who makes a settlement of property.
sinecure: noun, an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
Escorial: noun, a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
entitles: verb (used with object), to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
Slovenia: noun, a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
Volscian: adjective, of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
estreats: noun, a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
Slavonia: noun, a historic region in N Croatia.
Slavonic: adjective, Slavonian.
estriols: noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
encrusts: verb (used with or without object), incrust.
estrones: noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
encloses: verb (used with object), to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
acarines: noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
Ouessant: noun, French name of Ushant.
volitant: adjective, engaged in or having the power of flight.
esurient: adjective, hungry; greedy.
acerolas: noun, the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
enactive: adjective, having power to enact or establish, as a law.
Eteoclus: noun, one of the Seven against Thebes.
estovers: plural noun, necessaries allowed by law, as wood and timber to a tenant or alimony to a spouse.
estivate: verb (used without object), to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
Escurial: noun, Escorial.
servitor: noun, a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
sirvente: noun, a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
volutins: noun, basophilic nucleoprotein granules in the cytoplasm or the vacuoles of certain microorganisms.
esoteric: adjective, understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
osculate: verb (used with object), to bring into close contact or union.
osculant: adjective, united by certain common characteristics.
Aaronite: noun, one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
essonite: noun, Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
oscitant: adjective, yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
situates: adjective, Archaic. located; placed; situated.
Estancia: noun, (in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
enslaves: verb (used with object), to make a slave of; reduce to slavery:
Voltaire: noun, (François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
services: noun, an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
Servetus: noun, Michael, 1511–53, Spanish physician and theologian, accused of heresy and burned at the stake.
slattern: noun, a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
seculars: noun, a layperson.
sections: noun, a part that is cut off or separated.
vertices: noun, a plural of vertex.
Streator: noun, a city in N Illinois.
vicarate: noun, vicariate.
Olivette: noun, a large floodlight having a single bulb.
cruisers: noun, a person or thing that cruises.
scurrile: adjective, scurrilous.
air-core: adjective, having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
overlain: verb, past participle of overlie.
interval: noun, an intervening period of time:
interest: noun, the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
vetivers: noun, the long, fibrous, aromatic roots of an East Indian grass, Vetiveria zizanioides, used for making hangings and screens and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
streusel: noun, a topping for coffeecake, consisting of crumbs of blended sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter, and chopped nutmeats.
striates: adjective, striated.
crotalin: noun, a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
overline: noun, a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
Vesuvian: noun, (lowercase) a type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee.
ailerons: noun, Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
viceless: adjective, free from vices.
crosstie: noun, Railroads. a tie.
courante: noun, a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
stonecat: noun, a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
cuittles: verb (used with object), to wheedle, cajole, or coax.
insurers: noun, a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
INTELSAT: noun, a global communications satellite network under international control.
interact: verb (used without object), to act one upon another.
victuals: noun, victuals, food supplies; provisions.
aesculin: noun, esculin.
victress: noun, a woman who is victorious.
aestival: adjective, estival.
strainer: noun, a person or thing that strains.
overeats: verb (used with object), to eat more than is good for (oneself):
straiten: verb (used with object), to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
Victrola
crustose: adjective, forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
intercut: noun, a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.
vestures: noun, Law. everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees. any such covering, as grass or wheat.
salivate: verb (used with object), to produce an excessive secretion of saliva in, as by mercurial poisoning.
aerostat: noun, any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
inverter: noun, a person or thing that inverts.
inulases: noun, an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
crevasse: noun, a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.
Alcestis: noun, Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
inverses: noun, an inverted state or condition.
Alcinous: noun, king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
suctions: noun, the act, process, or condition of sucking.
vesicant: noun, a vesicant agent or substance.
stuivers: noun, stiver (def 1).
invertor: noun, any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
overruns: noun, an act or instance of overrunning.
suitcase: noun, a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
Vesalius: noun, Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.
invocate: verb (used with object), invoke.
vervains
stunsail: noun, studdingsail.
intrusts: verb (used with object), entrust.
vestries: noun, a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
oleaster: noun, an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
overrate: verb (used with object), to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
scurries: noun, a scurrying rush:
crosiers: noun, a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
crosette: noun, crossette.
intortus: adjective, (of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
strontia: noun, Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
vesicles: noun, a small sac or cyst.
overrule: verb (used with object), to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person):
alastors: noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
Croatian: noun, a Croat.
intreats: verb (used with or without object), entreat.
critters: noun, a domesticated animal.
introrse: adjective, turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
vesicate: verb (used with object), to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
cristate: adjective, having a crest; crested.
scutters: verb (used without object), noun, scurry.
culottes: plural noun, women's trousers, usually knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt.
starters: noun, a person or thing that starts.
virtuosa: noun, a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
cutlines: noun, a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
aculeate: adjective, Biology. having or being any sharp-pointed structure.
incloses: verb (used with object), enclose.
stearate: noun, a salt or ester of stearic acid.
virulent: adjective, actively poisonous; intensely noxious:
stearins: 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.
Increase: noun, growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
cutovers: noun, land, especially timberland, cleared of trees.
curvette: noun, cuvette (def 1).
outstare: verb (used with object), to outdo in staring; stare down.
oralists: noun, an advocate of oralism.
increate: adjective, not created; uncreated.
curtsies: noun, a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
incrusts: verb (used with object), to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
actuator: noun, a person or thing that actuates.
cut-rate: noun, a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
curtains: noun, a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
activate: verb (used with object), to make active; cause to function or act.
startles: noun, a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
Oresteia: noun, a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
earnests: noun, full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
outraces: verb (used with object), to race or run faster than:
outrance: noun, the utmost extremity.
statices: noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
stations: noun, a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
actuates: verb (used with object), to incite or move to action; impel; motivate:
secretin: noun, a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
outsails: verb (used with object), to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
Viscount: noun, a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.
cuvettes: noun, Also, curvette. Also called chevee. a gemstone with a raised, cameolike figure or design carved on its hollowed surface.
outserts: noun, an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
statures: noun, the height of a human or animal body.
visceral: adjective, of or relating to the viscera.
seatrain: noun, a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
curtails: noun, a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
cultivar: noun, a variety of plant that originated and persisted under cultivation.
scuttles: noun, a deep bucket for carrying coal.
curators: noun, the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
curative: noun, a curative agent; remedy.
sea-lane: noun, a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
seacoast: noun, the land immediately adjacent to the sea.
Stevinus: noun, Stevin, Simon.
instates: verb (used with object), to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
instruct: verb (used with object), to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
stertors: noun, a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
aerolite: noun, a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
culverts: noun, a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
insulars: noun, an inhabitant of an island; islander.
culverin: noun, medieval form of musket.
insulate: verb (used with object), to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
cultrate: adjective, sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.
aeronaut: noun, the pilot of a balloon or other lighter-than-air aircraft.
sealants: noun, a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
overcast: noun, Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
stentors: noun, (in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
currents: noun, a flowing; flow, as of a river.
oracular: adjective, of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle:
sea-star: noun, starfish.
seasonal: noun, a seasonal product, employee, etc.:
seasnail: noun, any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
sea-salt: noun, table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
violence: noun, swift and intense force:
violates: verb (used with object), to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
curettes: noun, a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
sterlets: noun, a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
sternite: noun, a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
aerators: noun, an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
overacts: verb (used with or without object), to act in an exaggerated manner.
insecure: adjective, subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured:
sea-lion: noun, any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
insolate: verb (used with object), to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
vavasors: noun, (in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
stoutens: verb (used with object), to make stout.
tressure: noun, Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
Luristan: noun, a mountainous region in W Iran.
resource: noun, a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
literate: noun, a person who can read and write.
resonate: verb (used with object), to cause to resound.
realties: noun, real property or real estate.
rictuses: noun, the gape of the mouth of a bird.
causerie: noun, an informal talk or chat.
trotline: noun, a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
varactor: noun, a semiconductor diode whose capacitance changes to match applied voltage, used to tune circuits by varying the reactance.
cautions: noun, alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
Touraine: noun, a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
caesuras: noun, Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
Cavalier: noun, a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
reactive: adjective, tending to react.
realtors
toucanet: noun, any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
Caerleon: noun, a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
ritenuto: adverb, adjective, (of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower.
Lusatian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
unvassal
caveator: noun, a person who files or enters a caveat.
variance: noun, the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
trounces: verb (used with object), to beat severely; thrash.
trousers: noun, Sometimes, trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down. Compare Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def 1), short (def 29a), slacks.
noisette: noun, a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
silences: noun, absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
tortures: noun, the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
cavesson: noun, the noseband of a bridle or a halter.
Caulonia: noun, a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
ricottas: noun, a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
cavettos: noun, a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.
Caterina: noun, a female given name, form of Catherine.
revolute: adjective, rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
uralites: noun, a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
calutron: noun, a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
tractive: adjective, having or exerting traction; drawing.
unvoices: verb (used with or without object), devoice.
catenate: verb (used with object), to link together; form into a connected series:
aristate: adjective, Botany. having aristae; awned.
valonias: noun, acorn cups of an Old World oak, Quercus macrolepis (or Q. aegilops), used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink.
calottes: noun, zucchetto.
restoral: noun, restoration.
caterans: noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
caterers: noun, one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
traction: noun, the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
nocturia: noun, a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
lunatics: noun, (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
tractile: adjective, capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
revolver: noun, a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
valuates: verb (used with object), to set a value on; appraise.
trivalve: noun, a trivalve shell.
reinsure: verb (used with object), to insure again.
reassure: verb (used with object), to restore to assurance or confidence:
cattails: noun, any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
ariettas: noun, a short aria.
cattalos: noun, beefalo.
lunettes: noun, any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
noctules: noun, a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
restates: verb (used with object), to state again or in a new way.
lusterer: noun, a person who puts a lustrous finish or gloss on textiles.
trouvere: noun, one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.
trailers: noun, a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
toluates: noun, a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
Lutenist: noun, a person who plays the lute.
tsarevna: noun, czarevna.
astatine: noun, a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
tonalist: noun, a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
tsarinas: noun, czarina.
resistor: noun, a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
toluenes: noun, a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
rosettes: noun, any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
Rossetti: noun, Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
reactant: noun, a person or thing that reacts.
licenses: noun, formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
censures: noun, strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
relative: noun, a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
neurosis: noun, Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
aversive: noun, a reprimand, punishment, or agent, used in aversive conditioning:
aversion: noun, a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
resinous: adjective, full of or containing resin.
rostrate: adjective, furnished with a rostrum.
centares: noun, centiare.
rosulate: adjective, forming a rosette or rosettes.
asternal: adjective, not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
Averroes: noun, 1126?–98, Arab philosopher in Spain.
Rotarian: noun, a member of a Rotary Club.
varicose: adjective, abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen:
centaurs: noun, Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
resinate: noun, Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
rotaries: noun, a rotary device or machine.
tonetics: noun, the phonetic study of tone in language.
trustors: noun, a person who creates a trust.
roasters: noun, a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
toreutic: adjective, of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
lustrate: verb (used with object), to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
unsteels: verb (used with object), to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
roisters: verb (used without object), to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
arenites: noun, psammite.
neoteric: noun, a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
linocuts: noun, a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
avulsion: noun, a tearing away.
unstates: verb (used with object), Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
Torrence: noun, (Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
Torrance: noun, a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
unsettle: verb (used with object), to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
variants: noun, a person or thing that varies.
tornaria: noun, the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
ceinture: noun, cincture (defs 1, 2).
celosias: noun, any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes. Compare cockscomb (def 3).
reaction: noun, a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
resolute: adjective, firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
rosarian: noun, a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
line-out: noun, a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
celature: noun, the art of embossing metal.
Truelove: noun, a sweetheart; a truly loving or loved person.
truncate: adjective, truncated.
celestas: noun, a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
lutanist: noun, lutenist.
variates: noun, Statistics. random variable.
tonsures: noun, the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
trusties: adjective, able to be trusted or relied on; trustworthy; reliable.
rosaries: noun, Roman Catholic Church. a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade. a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation. a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
revoices: verb (used with object), to voice again or in return; echo.
lunacies: noun, insanity; mental disorder.
centesis: noun, a puncture or perforation.
arterio-
treasons: noun, the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
re-trace: verb (used with object), to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
treacles: noun, contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
carneous: adjective, fleshlike; flesh-colored.
cantoris: adjective, of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
artistes: noun, an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
Carniola: noun, a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
Carnival: noun, a traveling amusement show, having sideshows, rides, etc.
neutrals: noun, a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
utricles: noun, a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
Artesian: adjective, noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
retracts: verb (used with object), to draw back or in:
Carolean: adjective, characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
tricorns: noun, Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
Carolina: noun, a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
Caroline: noun, a female given name.
recusant: noun, a person who is recusant.
lucarnes: noun, a dormer window.
arteries: noun, Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
retrains: verb (used with object), to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
carotene: noun, any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
arterial: noun, a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
carotins: noun, carotene.
carousal: noun, a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
reenlist: verb (used with or without object), to enlist again.
carousel: noun, merry-go-round (def 1).
carouses: noun, carousal.
retainer: noun, a person or thing that retains.
L-series: noun, See under L-line.
re-treat: verb (used with or without object), to treat again.
carioles: noun, a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
neurotic: noun, a neurotic person.
trenails: noun, treenail.
careless: adjective, not paying enough attention to what one does:
retinals: 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.
treenail: noun, a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
trecento: noun, the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
neuroses: noun, Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
treatise: noun, a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
carinate: adjective, Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
carinula: noun, a small carina.
retinols: noun, vitamin A.
urticate: verb (used with object), to sting with or as if with nettles.
trestles: noun, a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
Carlotta: noun, a female given name, Italian form of Charlotte.
retinues: noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
urticant: adjective, producing a stinging or itching sensation.
treaties: noun, a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
caravels: noun, a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
reticule: noun, a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
Neustria: noun, the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
retinula: noun, a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
Carleton: noun, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
retirant: noun, retiree.
carlines: noun, an old woman.
reticent: adjective, disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
treasure: noun, wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
urinates: verb (used without object), to pass or discharge urine.
traverse: noun, the act of passing across, over, or through.
arsonist: noun, a person who commits arson.
Castries: noun, a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
Canaries: noun, any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
Triratna: noun, the three components of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, or teacher, the dharma, or teaching, and the Sangha, or priesthood.
uranites: noun, any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
revalues: verb (used with object), to revise or reestimate the value of:
transact: verb (used with object), to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
trisects: verb (used with object), to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
Valerian: noun, any plant of the genus Valeriana, as the common valerian V. officinalis, having small, fragrant flowers of white, lavender, or pink and a root that is used medicinally.
cassette: noun, Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems. See also audiocassette, videocassette.
nervules: noun, a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
reversal: noun, an act or instance of reversing.
Cassirer: noun, Ernst [urnst,, ernst] /ɜrnst,, ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1945, German philosopher.
reclines: verb (used with object), to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
arnattos: noun, annatto (def 2).
castanet: noun, either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
canister: noun, a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
recliner: noun, a person or thing that reclines.
Canarese: noun, one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
Asnieres: noun, a city in N central France, near Paris.
restrain: verb (used with object), to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
nitrates: noun, Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
locative: noun, the locative case.
Lucretia: noun, Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
restores: verb (used with object), to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
tritones: noun, an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
trainers: noun, a person or thing that trains.
revisals: noun, the act of revising; revision.
castrate: noun, a castrated person or animal.
castrato: noun, a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
transect: verb (used with object), to cut across; dissect transversely.
Valencia: noun, Guillermo León [gee-yer-maw le-awn] /giˈyɛr mɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909–71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962–66.
retroact: verb (used without object), to act in opposition; react.
retsinas: noun, a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
carriole: noun, cariole.
recreant: noun, a coward.
vacation: noun, a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday:
carrions: noun, dead and putrefying flesh.
re-cover: verb (used with object), to cover again or anew.
arsenous: adjective, containing arsenic in the trivalent state, as arsenous chloride, AsCl 3 .
traveler: noun, a person or thing that travels.
Lorraine: noun, Also, Lorrain. Claude (Claude Gelée) 1600–82, French painter.
travails: noun, painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
arsenite: noun, a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
lucernes: noun, alfalfa.
arsenics
Carteret: noun, John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
arsenate: noun, a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
reunites: verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
triolets: noun, a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
vacuoles: noun, a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
recourse: noun, access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection:
re-count: noun, a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
loricate: adjective, covered with a lorica.
transits: noun, the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
canotier: noun, a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
Lorestan: noun, Luristan.
caseates: verb (used without object), to undergo caseation.
nervures: noun, Botany, Zoology. a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.
restrict: verb (used with object), to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
valances: noun, a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
Urartian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Urartu.
centavos: noun, the 100th part of the monetary units of various nations, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines.
relation: noun, an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
cisterna: noun, cistern (def 2).
ulterior: adjective, being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
varistor: noun, a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
univalve: noun, a univalve mollusk or its shell.
ateliers: noun, a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
tireless: adjective, untiring; indefatigable:
vascular: adjective, pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
tintless: adjective, without tint or tints; colorless.
Clairton: noun, a city in SW Pennsylvania.
lecturer: noun, a person who lectures.
Aurelian: noun, (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) a.d. 212?–275, Roman emperor 270–275.
auctions: noun, Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
Austral.
turncoat: noun, a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
aureoles: noun, a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
unravels: verb (used with object), to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
Clairaut: noun, Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
relievos: noun, Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
cineoles: noun, a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
Cesarean: noun, Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
Tirolean: noun, a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
Leinster: noun, a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
araceous: adjective, belonging to the plant family Araceae.
autocrat: noun, an absolute ruler, especially a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions.
Vasteras: noun, a city in central Sweden.
lettuces: noun, a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.
reorient: adjective, Rare. rising anew.
Asturian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
araneose: adjective, arachnoid, especially as a plant.
cerulean: adjective, noun, deep blue; sky blue; azure.
Tirolese: adjective, noun, Tyrolese.
antirust: noun, something that prevents or resists rust.
varioles: noun, a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
lections: noun, a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
Asturias: noun, Miguel Ángel [mee-gel ahng-hel] /miˈgɛl ˈɑŋ hɛl/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1967.
rescales: verb (used with object), to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
nautical: adjective, of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation:
cervelat: noun, a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
turistas: noun, tourista.
notaries: noun, notary public.
aureolin: noun, a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
routines: noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
Leucaena: noun, any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, which includes the lead tree.
runovers: noun, the amount of type matter for a given article, story, etc., that is carried over to another page, column, or line.
Salesian: noun, a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
ulcerate: verb (used with object), to cause an ulcer on or in:
citreous: adjective, lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
aurorean: adjective, belonging to the dawn; auroral.
narrates: verb (used with object), to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
turnsole: noun, any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
citrates: noun, a salt or ester of citric acid.
atlantes: noun, plural of atlas (def 5).
antrorse: adjective, bent or directed forward or upward.
tiercels: noun, tercel.
cilantro: noun, the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
universe: noun, the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
noteless: adjective, not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
salaries: noun, a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
univocal: adjective, having only one meaning; unambiguous.
tutorial: noun, a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
tutoress: noun, a woman who is a tutor.
turnover: noun, an act or result of turning over; upset.
ruinates: adjective, ruined.
renature: verb (used with object), to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
relevant: adjective, bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
rustlers: noun, a cattle thief.
rattlers: noun, a rattlesnake.
ratteens: noun, ratiné.
ructions: noun, a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
uncovers: verb (used with object), to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
narcosis: noun, a state of stupor or drowsiness.
notecase: noun, billfold.
citterns: noun, an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
Atlantic: noun, Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantis: noun, a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
Reliance: noun, confident or trustful dependence.
lectures: noun, a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
cineaste: noun, any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
tincture: noun, Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
citruses: noun, any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
reovirus: noun, any large virus of the family Reoviridae, having double-stranded RNA and a polyhedral capsid, including those causing infantile gastroenteritis.
auricles: noun, Anatomy. the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna. Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart. (loosely) the atrium.
cistvaen: noun, cist2 .
rousters: noun, roustabout (def 1).
relators: noun, a person who relates or tells; narrator.
leisures: noun, freedom from the demands of work or duty:
astricts: verb (used with object), to bind fast; constrain.
centrals: noun, a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
levirate: noun, the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
leisters: noun, a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
navettes: noun, a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
tertials: noun, a tertial feather.
rotative: adjective, rotating or pertaining to rotation.
arcature: noun, an arcade of small dimensions.
relucent: adjective, shining; bright.
nacreous: adjective, of or relating to nacre.
turrical: adjective, of, relating to, or resembling a turret.
tunicles: noun, a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
cistrons: noun, a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
centrist: noun, (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
Clarissa: noun, a female given name, form of Clara.
naturals: noun, any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
renovate: adjective, Archaic. renovated.
tunicate: noun, Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
varietal: noun, a varietal wine named for such a grape (distinguished from generic).
clarinos: noun, a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
centiles: noun, (not in technical use) a percentile.
tolerate: verb (used with object), to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
centiare: noun, a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
tetanies: noun, a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
ravenous: adjective, extremely hungry; famished; voracious:
naturist: noun, a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
clatters: noun, a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
tuneless: adjective, unmelodious; unmusical.
aventail: noun, Also called camail. a mail tippet suspended from the lower edges of a 14th-century basinet as a protection for the neck, throat, and shoulders.
tolerant: adjective, inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
antevert: verb (used with object), to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
Arcesius: noun, a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
necrosis: noun, death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
atresias: noun, the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
necroses: noun, death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
terrines: noun, a casserole dish made of pottery.
cislunar: adjective, of or relating to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
levitate: verb (used with object), to cause to rise or float in the air.
salients: noun, a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
Teutonic: noun, Germanic.
clarions: noun, an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
testicle: noun, testis.
tertians: noun, Pathology. a tertian fever.
novative
anuresis: noun, retention of urine in the bladder.
titulars: noun, a person who bears a title.
rutilant: adjective, glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
leucosis: noun, leukosis.
Teucrian: noun, one of the ancient Trojans.
leucites: noun, a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
leucines: noun, a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
Levanter: noun, a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
naivetes: noun, the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
Cernauti: noun, a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
uncloses: verb (used with or without object), to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
relocate: verb (used with object), to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
titanous: adjective, containing trivalent titanium.
notarial: adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
ultranet: noun, a net in a topological space that is residually in every set or its complement in the space.
Cerritos: noun, a city in SW California.
roulette: noun, a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
Tiverton: noun, a town in SE Rhode Island.
salience: noun, the state or condition of being salient.
Vaseline
arcanist: noun, a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
toasters: noun, an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
toenails: noun, a nail of a toe.
clarinet: noun, a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
ravelins: noun, a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
rentiers: noun, a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
lecterns: noun, a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
cerastes: noun, any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
variolas: noun, smallpox.
nauseate: verb (used with object), to affect with nausea; sicken.
avarices: noun, insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

7 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

outsert: noun, an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
natator: noun, a swimmer.
outsail: verb (used with object), to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
Navarre: noun, a former kingdom in SW France and N Spain.
Renault: noun, Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
ileuses: noun, intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
Lucerne: noun, alfalfa.
reliers: noun, a person or thing that relies.
natives: noun, Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
orceins: noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
escolar: noun, a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
navette: noun, a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
Natalie: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
serious: noun, that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
relucts: verb (used without object), to struggle (against something); rebel.
erosive: adjective, serving to erode; causing erosion.
outsets: noun, the beginning or start:
retains: verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
incluse: noun, recluse (def 2).
Seattle: noun, (Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
nettles: noun, any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
erotics: noun, an erotic poem.
erotica: noun, written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
reticle: noun, a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
outsits: verb (used with object), to sit longer than; outwait:
sierras: noun, a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
erratas: noun, plural of erratum.
Sievers: noun, Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ du ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, German philologist.
louvres: noun, a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
Sievert: noun, the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray): Abbreviation: Sv.
incross: noun, a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
silanes: 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.
incrust: verb (used with object), to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
oralist: noun, an advocate of oralism.
silence: noun, absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
seaters: noun, a person or thing that seats.
Severus: noun, Lucius Septimius [sep-tim-ee-uh s] /sɛpˈtɪm i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 146–211, Roman emperor 193–211.
inclose: verb (used with object), enclose.
setouts: noun, preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
Ossetic: noun, the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
settler: noun, a person or thing that settles.
settles: noun, a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
results: noun, something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
nestles: verb (used with object), to settle or ensconce snugly:
settlor: noun, a person who makes a settlement of property.
Seconal
lucarne: noun, a dormer window.
secerns: verb (used with object), to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
ossicle: noun, a small bone.
Lucania: noun, an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
natural: noun, any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
nestors: noun, the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
relievo: noun, Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
retails: noun, the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
recusal: noun, the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
several: noun, several persons or things; a few; some.
incases: verb (used with object), encase.
natters: noun, a conversation; chat.
secants: noun, Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
incests: noun, sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
recurve: verb (used with or without object), to curve or bend back or backward.
erratic: noun, an erratic or eccentric person.
seleno-
nasties: noun, Informal. a nasty person or thing.
rescues: noun, the act of rescuing.
reseaus: noun, a network.
reseats: verb (used with object), to provide with a new seat or new seats.
lustres: noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
eternal: noun, something that is eternal.
naivete: noun, the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
reissue: noun, something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
outacts: verb (used with object), to outdo in acting.
serries: verb (used with or without object), to crowd closely together.
etalons: noun, an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
ousters: noun, expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
lusters: noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
ouraris: noun, curare.
etesian: adjective, (of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
resolve: noun, a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
orients: noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
Lusatia: noun, a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
evasion: noun, an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
estrous: adjective, pertaining to or involving the estrus.
evasive: adjective, tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion:
sensual: adjective, pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
relents: verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
estrone: noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
rescale: verb (used with object), to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
resales: noun, the act of selling a second time.
re-sort: verb (used with object), to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
Orleans: noun, a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
nailers: noun, a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
estrins: noun, estrone.
Serrano: noun, a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
Ettarre: noun, the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
eucaine: noun, a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
resiles: verb (used without object), to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
euclase: noun, a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
resents: verb (used with object), to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
eucrite: noun, a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
nectars: noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
Etruria: noun, an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
seriate: adjective, arranged or occurring in one or more series.
serials: noun, anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
Eurasia: noun, Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
etoiles: noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
outlast: verb (used with object), to endure or last longer than:
relator: noun, a person who relates or tells; narrator.
lutists: noun, a lute player; lutenist.
outcast: noun, a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
serrate: adjective, Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
outlier: noun, something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
Eustace: noun, a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
luteins: 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.
eutocia: noun, normal childbirth.
sereins: noun, fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
resoles: verb (used with object), to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
relates: verb (used with object), to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
resects: verb (used with object), to do a resection on.
necrose: verb (used with or without object), to affect or be affected with necrosis.
estriol: noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
sensate: adjective, perceiving or perceived through the senses.
relicts: noun, Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
Orestes: noun, Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
serines: 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;
nervule: noun, a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
selenic: adjective, of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
selects: adjective, chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
outlive: verb (used with object), to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.):
seiners: noun, a person who fishes with a seine.
restore: verb (used with object), to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
oscular: adjective, pertaining to an osculum.
secures: adjective, free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
secular: noun, a layperson.
outrace: verb (used with object), to race or run faster than:
sestina: noun, a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
eslisor: noun, elisor.
outline: noun, the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
section: noun, a part that is cut off or separated.
Ostrava: noun, a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
sectile: adjective, capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
Setaria: noun, any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
icterus: noun, jaundice (def 1).
esculin: noun, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
ostlers: noun, hostler.
ictuses: noun, Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
rentier: noun, a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
nervure: noun, Botany, Zoology. a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.
secrets: noun, something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
escorts: noun, a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
nervous: adjective, highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive:
Servite: noun, a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
restate: verb (used with object), to state again or in a new way.
seniles: noun, a senile person.
estreat: noun, a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
Eventus: noun, Bonus Eventus.
Oriente: noun, a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
servals: noun, a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
narcose: adjective, characterized by stupor; stuporous.
Lunette: noun, any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
Estonia: noun, a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
evertor: noun, a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
servant: noun, a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
restive: adjective, impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
Oscines: noun, an oscine bird.
senoras: noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
resails: verb (used without object), to sail back or again.
nervate: adjective, (of leaves) having veins.
senecas: noun, a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
estival: adjective, pertaining or appropriate to summer.
evinces: verb (used with object), to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
servers: noun, a person who serves.
lunatic: noun, (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
senator: noun, a member of a senate.
Service: noun, an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
evolute: noun, the locus of the centers of curvature of, or the envelope of the normals to, another curve. Compare involute (def 5).
narrate: verb (used with object), to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
reliant: adjective, having or showing dependence:
servile: adjective, slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
navvies: noun, an unskilled manual laborer.
Salinas: noun, a city in W California.
reveals: noun, an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
louvers: noun, any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
Laotian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Laos.
satanic: adjective, of Satan.
letters: noun, a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
rattons: noun, a rat.
rancors: noun, bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
rainout: noun, a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
routers: noun, any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
sateens: noun, a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
satiate: adjective, satiated.
Rantoul: noun, a city in E Illinois.
satinet: noun, a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
lettuce: noun, a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.
satoris: noun, sudden enlightenment.
lancets: noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
sattvic: adjective, Hinduism. characterized by sattva: having a serene, harmonious, balanced mind or attitude.
lancers: noun, a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
rouster: noun, roustabout (def 1).
routine: noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
ranulas: noun, a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
ocarina: noun, a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
Sarcina: noun, any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
runover: noun, the amount of type matter for a given article, story, etc., that is carried over to another page, column, or line.
rascals: noun, a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
Saracen: noun, History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
runless: adjective, without having scored a run; without runs:
Saratov: noun, a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
ruinate: adjective, ruined.
nutrias: noun, the coypu.
lascars: noun, an East Indian sailor.
lariats: noun, a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
nutters: noun, a person who gathers nuts.
sarcous: adjective, consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
ruction: noun, a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
larries: noun, a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
let-out: noun, Chiefly British. a means of escape; loophole.
Larissa: noun, a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
notates: verb (used with object), to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
racists: noun, a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
leucine: noun, a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
osselet: noun, a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
lactase: noun, an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
ocreate: adjective, having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
lactose: noun, Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
leviter: adverb, (in prescriptions) lightly.
lactone: noun, any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
saurian: noun, a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
norites: noun, a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
lactate: noun, an ester or salt of lactic acid.
2,4,5-t: noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
saurels: noun, any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
octanes: noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
overuse: noun, excessive use:
sauries: noun, a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
rostral: adjective, of or relating to a rostrum.
rosters: noun, a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
license: noun, formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
octants: noun, the eighth part of a circle.
nostril: noun, either of the two external openings of the nose.
lacunar: noun, Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
leucite: noun, a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
Oceania: noun, the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
Roussel: noun, Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
Leuctra: noun, a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
ovulate: verb (used without object), to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
levants: noun, the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
levator: noun, Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body. Compare depressor.
Roulers: noun, a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
ravelin: noun, a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
rotters: noun, a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
lacunas: noun, a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
leviers: noun, a person who levies.
saucers: noun, a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
Saucier: noun, a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
saunter: noun, a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
rotates: adjective, wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
Oceanus: noun, a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
Laertes: noun, the father of Odysseus.
ovisacs: noun, a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
santirs: noun, a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
nutlets: noun, a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
Laconia: noun, an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
salutes: noun, Military. the special act of respect paid in saluting. the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
lecture: noun, a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
ratline: noun, any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
ratites: noun, a bird having a ratite breastbone.
rations: noun, a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
Lavater: noun, Johann Kaspar [yoh-hahn kahs-pahr] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkɑs pɑr/ (Show IPA), 1741–1801, Swiss poet, theologian, and physiognomist.
lavaret: noun, a whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, found in the lakes of central Europe.
Novalis: noun, (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
Lautrec: noun, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
Laveran: noun, Charles Louis Alphonse [sharl lwee al-fawns] /ʃarl lwi alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1845–1922, French physician and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1907.
Lecuona: noun, Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
Laurier: noun, Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
Salerno: noun, a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
Laurens: noun, Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
salvers: noun, a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
Laureen: noun, a female given name, form of Laura.
ratters: noun, a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
lectors: noun, a lecturer in a college or university.
lection: noun, a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
salvias: noun, any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.
saltern: noun, a saltworks.
salivas: noun, a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
leavens: noun, a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
saltant: adjective, dancing; leaping; jumping.
learner: noun, a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
salient: noun, a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
Leavitt: noun, Henrietta, 1868–1921, U.S. astronomer.
lean-to: noun, a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
lectern: noun, a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
saltire: 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.
leaners: noun, a person or thing that leans.
Salters: noun, a person who makes or sells salt.
saltier: noun, saltire.
rattans: noun, Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
ratteen: noun, ratiné.
saltine: noun, a crisp, salted cracker.
lectins: noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
laurate: noun, a salt or ester of lauric acid.
launces: noun, sand lance.
lesions: noun, an injury; hurt; wound.
notices: noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
rustles: noun, the sound made by anything that rustles:
latices: noun, a plural of latex.
latests: noun, the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
nauseas: noun, sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
rasures: noun, an erasure.
Lateran: noun, the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
nursers: noun, a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
rasters: noun, Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
rutiles: 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.
Santali: noun, the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
rustler: noun, a cattle thief.
rattles: noun, a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
nutates: verb (used without object), to undergo or show nutation.
rustics: noun, a country person.
Leotine: noun, a female given name.
Russian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Russia.
Lenotre: noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
sanious: adjective, characterized by the discharge of sanies.
nourice: noun, a nurse.
Sanctus: noun, (italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
salvoes: noun, a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
salvors: noun, a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
Latvian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Latvia.
ratines: noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
sailors: noun, a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
lattice: noun, a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
lattens: noun, a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
leister: noun, a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
sailers: noun, a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
latrine: noun, a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
latrias: noun, the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
sanicle: noun, any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
nuclear: noun, nuclear energy:
leisure: noun, freedom from the demands of work or duty:
Latinus: noun, the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
latinos: noun, a person of Latin-American descent:
rattler: noun, a rattlesnake.
Lacoste: noun, René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
Lacerta: noun, the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
incurve: verb (used with or without object), to curve or cause to curve inward.
overran: noun, an act or instance of overrunning.
Nilotes: noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
Loraine: noun, a female given name, form of Lorraine.
revalue: verb (used with object), to revise or reestimate the value of:
Reuters: noun, a publicly owned international news and information company established in London, 1851.
oleates: noun, Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
reunite: verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
recount: noun, a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
Loretta: noun, a female given name, form of Laura.
salines: noun, a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
overlie: verb (used with object), to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
Lorient: noun, a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
Nicolet: noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
returns: noun, the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
retsina: noun, a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
Nicetas: noun, Saint Ignatius (def 2).
recover: verb (used with object), to get back or regain (something lost or taken away):
re-coil: verb (used with or without object), to coil again.
loiters: verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
recruit: noun, a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
screeno: noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
inverts: noun, a person or thing that is inverted.
recites: verb (used with object), to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
overrun: noun, an act or instance of overrunning.
revisal: noun, the act of revising; revision.
reviles: verb (used with object), to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
locates: verb (used with object), to identify or discover the place or location of:
inverse: noun, an inverted state or condition.
Screens: noun, a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
intreat: verb (used with or without object), entreat.
nitrate: noun, Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
recline: verb (used with object), to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
revests: verb (used with object), to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
inulase: noun, an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
intrust: verb (used with object), entrust.
reverts: noun, a person or thing that reverts.
recluse: noun, a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
retreat: noun, the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
overeat: verb (used with object), to eat more than is good for (oneself):
revises: noun, an act of revising.
Insecta: noun, the class comprising the insects.
insouls: verb (used with object), ensoul.
retires: noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
insoles: noun, the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
sealers: noun, an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
overate: verb, simple past tense of overeat.
inserts: noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
seances: noun, a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
retinue: noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
retorts: noun, a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
overact: verb (used with or without object), to act in an exaggerated manner.
ovaries: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
ovarian: adjective, of or relating to an ovary.
retinol: noun, vitamin A.
Louvain: noun, a city in central Belgium.
inlaces: verb (used with object), enlace.
retinal: noun, an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
sealant: noun, a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
retrace: verb (used with object), to trace backward; go back over:
S-curve: noun, a curve shaped like an S .
neutro-
Scutari: noun, Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
scutate: adjective, Botany. formed like a round buckler.
insures: verb (used with object), to guarantee against loss or harm.
insurer: noun, a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
scutter: verb (used without object), noun, scurry.
insults: noun, an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
retrain: verb (used with object), to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
onliest: Idioms, only too, as a matter of fact; extremely: unfortunately; very:
instals: verb (used with object), install.
neutral: noun, a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
insular: noun, an inhabitant of an island; islander.
retract: verb (used with object), to draw back or in:
scuttle: noun, a deep bucket for carrying coal.
instate: verb (used with object), to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
neuters: noun, Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb.
instars: noun, an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
lotuses: noun, a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
invests: verb (used with object), to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
nitrous: adjective, pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
lictors: noun, (in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
roister: verb (used without object), to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
scalers: noun, a person or thing that scales.
rosaria: noun, a rose garden.
issuant: adjective, Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
Scarlet: noun, a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
Rosalie: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
linocut: noun, a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
Scarron: noun, Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
linters: noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
Octavus: adjective, eighth.
roaster: noun, a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
lioness: noun, a female lion.
rivulet: noun, a small stream; streamlet; brook.
isolate: noun, a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
rituals: noun, an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
ritters: noun, a knight.
scarves: noun, a plural of scarf1 .
scalene: adjective, Geometry. (of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base. (of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
lineate: adjective, marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
scatter: noun, the act of scattering.
roseate: adjective, tinged with rose; rosy:
sautoir: noun, a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
liernes: noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
Rosette: noun, any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
Lietuva: noun, Lithuanian name of Lithuania.
Rosetta: noun, a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
savants: noun, a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
savarin: noun, a spongelike cake leavened with yeast, baked in a ring mold, and often soaked with a rum syrup.
Roscius: noun, Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
scalare: noun, any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
Linacre: noun, Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
savates: noun, a sport resembling boxing but permitting blows to be delivered with the feet as well as the hands.
Roscian: adjective, of, relating to, or involving acting.
Octavia: noun, died 11 b.c, sister of Roman emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Anthony.
savvies: noun, Also, savviness. practical understanding; shrewdness or intelligence; common sense:
Linares: noun, a city in S Spain.
iterate: verb (used with object), to utter again or repeatedly.
iterant: adjective, characterized by repetition; repeating.
lisente: noun, plural of sente.
listens: Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
loaners: noun, a person or thing that loans.
niveous: adjective, resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
recasts: noun, a recasting.
scotias: noun, a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
Scottie: noun, Scottish terrier.
scourer: noun, a person who scours or cleanses.
scouter: noun, a person who scouts.
revolve: verb (used with object), to cause to turn around, as on an axis.
overset: noun, the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
involve: verb (used with object), to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail:
scoters: noun, any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
recital: noun, a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
oversea: noun, (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
oilcans: noun, a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
revolts: noun, the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
revoice: verb (used with object), to voice again or in return; echo.
revivor: noun, the revival of a suit that has been nullified by some circumstance, as the death of one of the parties.
revival: noun, restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
recants: verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
litters: noun, objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
oculars: noun, Optics. eyepiece.
noetics: noun, the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
reactor: noun, a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
oculist: noun, ophthalmologist.
rissole: noun, a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
listers: 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.
realist: noun, a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
rinceau: noun, an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
scleras: noun, a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
Realtor
rialtos: noun, an exchange or mart.
reasons: noun, a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
ironers: noun, a person or thing that irons.
oestrus: noun, estrus.
ricotta: noun, a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
oeuvres: noun, the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
litotes: noun, understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
noctule: noun, a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
sclero-
nucleo-
curates: noun, Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
Eritrea: noun, a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
castors: noun, Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
cattail: noun, any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
catouse: noun, New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
tracers: noun, a person or thing that traces.
cations: noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
caterer: noun, one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
cateran: noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
tractor: noun, a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
trailer: noun, a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
Catalin
casuist: noun, an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
casuals: noun, a worker employed only irregularly.
trainee: noun, a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
Trainer: noun, a person or thing that trains.
castles: noun, a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
catties: noun, (in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
Castile: noun, Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
traitor: noun, a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
casters: noun, a person or thing that casts.
cassone: noun, a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
Cassite: noun, Kassite.
Cassino: noun, casino (def 3).
cassina: noun, dahoon.
cassena: noun, dahoon.
Cassatt: noun, Mary, 1845–1926, U.S. painter.
casitas: noun, a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
casinos: noun, a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
Caserta: noun, a city in S Italy, near Naples.
caserns: noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
caseous: adjective, of or like cheese.
cattalo: noun, beefalo.
touters: noun, a tout.
caseate: verb (used without object), to undergo caseation.
Torrens: noun, Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
toluene: noun, a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
censers: noun, a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
cenotes: noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
tonetic: noun, the phonetic study of tone in language.
tonlets: noun, a skirt of plates.
tonsils: noun, a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
Celsius: noun, Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
tonsure: noun, the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
Celosia: noun, any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes. Compare cockscomb (def 3).
tonuses: noun, a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
Celesta: noun, a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
Celaeno: noun, Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
Torenia: noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
torrent: noun, a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
tousles: noun, a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
cavorts: verb (used without object), to prance or caper about.
tortile: adjective, twisted; coiled.
caviars: noun, the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga, or other fish, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
torture: noun, the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
cavetto: noun, a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.
torulas: noun, a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
cave-in: noun, a collapse, as of anything hollow:
Toscana: noun, Italian name of Tuscany.
toucans: noun, any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
caution: noun, alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
Tourane: noun, former name of Danang.
tourist: noun, a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
Tournai: noun, a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
cauline: adjective, of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
caseins: noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
Transit: noun, the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
censure: noun, strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
canters: noun, an easy gallop.
trental: noun, a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
careens: noun, a careening.
trestle: noun, a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
caravel: noun, a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
Trevino: noun, Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
Treviso: noun, a city in NE Italy.
Trianta: noun, Trianda.
tricorn: noun, Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
canulas: noun, cannula.
canular: adjective, cannular.
tricots: noun, a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
trienes: noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
cantles: noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
Trieste: noun, a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
carinas: noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
triolet: noun, a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
Canossa: noun, a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
trioses: noun, a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
trisect: verb (used with object), to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
Tristan: noun, a male given name, form of Tristram.
tritone: noun, an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
calvous: adjective, lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
tritons: noun, a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
Calvert: noun, Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
triunes: noun, (initial capital letter) the Trinity.
calotte: noun, zucchetto.
Calorie: noun, Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
calesas: noun, (in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
trivets: noun, a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
trenail: noun, treenail.
cariole: noun, a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
transl.
Carolus: noun, any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
carvels: noun, caravel.
Cartier: noun, Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
carters: noun, Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
cartels: noun, an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
tranter: noun, a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
travail: noun, painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
carrion: noun, dead and putrefying flesh.
travels: noun, the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
carreta: noun, a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
carrels: noun, Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
Travers: noun, P(amela) L. 1899–1996, Australian writer, especially of children's stories, in England.
carouse: noun, carousal.
carotin: noun, carotene.
carnous: adjective, carnose.
carious: adjective, having caries, as teeth; decayed.
travois: noun, a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
carnose: adjective, of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
carnies: noun, a person employed by a carnival.
carnets: noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
treacle: noun, contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
treason: noun, the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
Carlton: noun, Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
Carlson: noun, Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
Carlota: noun, 1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
Carlita: noun, a female given name.
Carlist: noun, a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
Carline: noun, an old woman.
Carleen: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
caritas: noun, charity.
censors: noun, an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
toluate: noun, a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
caisson: noun, a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
tenaces: noun, a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
teasers: noun, a person or thing that teases.
coaster: noun, a person or thing that coasts.
coastal: adjective, of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
coarser: adjective, of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
coarsen: verb (used with or without object), to make or become coarse.
coalers: noun, a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
teleost: noun, Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
Teleran: 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.
telesis: noun, deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
clutter: noun, a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter:
cluster: noun, a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
telsons: noun, the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
Telstar
clovers: noun, any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
teasels: noun, any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family.
Teniers: 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.
cloture: noun, a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
tenrecs: noun, any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
closure: noun, the act of closing; the state of being closed.
closets: noun, a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
closers: noun, a person or thing that closes.
tensile: adjective, of or relating to tension:
tensive: adjective, stretching or straining.
tensors: noun, Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
tenters: noun, a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
clivers: noun, cleavers.
tenures: noun, the holding or possessing of anything:
tercels: noun, the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
tercets: noun, Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
coatees: noun, a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
coesite: noun, a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
Ternate: noun, an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
constr.
Tarlton: noun, Richard, died 1588, English actor.
tarries: noun, a stay; sojourn.
tarsals: noun, a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
convive
convert: noun, one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
tarsias: noun, intarsia.
tarsier: noun, a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
contuse: verb (used with object), to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
contras: noun, (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
contra-
contest: noun, a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
tartans: noun, a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
consult: noun, a consultation.
conster: verb (used with or without object), construe.
coevals: noun, a contemporary:
tartare: adjective, (especially of fish) finely chopped and served raw (used postpositively):
consist: noun, Railroads. the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train. a record made of this rolling stock.
Conrail: noun, a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
tartars: noun, Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
conatus: noun, an effort or striving.
colures: noun, either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
tartine: noun, a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
colters: noun, a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
tasters: noun, a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
Colette: noun, (Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette) 1873–1954, French author.
taurine: noun, a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
tautens: verb (used with or without object), to make or become taut.
taverna: noun, a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
teacart: noun, tea wagon.
cleaver: noun, a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.
terrace: noun, a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
Toltecs: noun, a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
cerises: adjective, noun, moderate to deep red.
cineole: noun, a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
teutons: noun, a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
tiercel: noun, tercel.
tierces: noun, an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
tincals: noun, a former name for crude native borax.
cetanes: noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
cesuras: noun, caesura.
tinsels: noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
tinters: noun, a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
cession: noun, act of ceding, as by treaty.
cervine: adjective, resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
certain: Idioms, for certain, without a doubt; surely:
tisanes: noun, (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
titular: noun, a person who bears a title.
cirrose: adjective, having a cirrus or cirri.
toaster: noun, an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
cerato-
cerates: noun, Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
tocsins: noun, a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
toenail: noun, a nail of a toe.
centro-
centri-
centres: noun, Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
central: noun, a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
centile: noun, (not in technical use) a percentile.
centavo: noun, the 100th part of the monetary units of various nations, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines.
centaur: noun, Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
centare: noun, centiare.
centals: noun, hundredweight (def 1).
cirrate: adjective, having cirri.
tetanus: noun, Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
cleanse: verb (used with object), to make clean.
Clarion: noun, an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
terrain: noun, a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
cleaner: noun, a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
terrane: noun, any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
clavuvi
clavier: noun, the keyboard of a musical instrument.
clavers: noun, idle talk; gossip.
terrets: noun, one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
clavate: adjective, club-shaped; claviform.
terries: noun, the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
terrine: noun, a casserole dish made of pottery.
clatter: noun, a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
tertial: noun, a tertial feather.
tertian: noun, Pathology. a tertian fever.
clarino: noun, a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
cistern: noun, a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
claries: noun, any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
clarets: noun, the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
clarain: noun, the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
tessera: noun, one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
claires: noun, Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
cittern: noun, an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
testers: noun, a person or thing that tests.
citrons: noun, a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
citrate: noun, a salt or ester of citric acid.
citrals: noun, a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
citoles: noun, cittern.
testons: noun, a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
tetanic: adjective, Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
cistron: noun, a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
trivvet
trocars: noun, a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
Taranto: noun, Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
altoist: noun, a performer on the alto saxophone.
anelace: noun, a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
ventail: noun, the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
Ancaeus: noun, a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
venters: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the abdomen or belly. a bellylike cavity or concavity. a bellylike protuberance.
anattos: noun, annatto.
Ventose: noun, (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
ventral: adjective, of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
ventri-
Ventris: noun, Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
alunite: noun, a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
ventro-
venture: noun, an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
venturi: noun, Robert Charles, born 1925, U.S. architect.
venules: noun, a small vein.
aneuria: noun, neurasthenia.
Vereins: noun, a union, association, or society.
veriest: adverb, in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
veritas: noun, truth.
verites: noun, truth; truthfulness.
Vernier: noun, Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
verruca: noun, Medicine/Medical. a wart.
versant: noun, a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
alinota: noun, the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
alienor: noun, a person who transfers property.
aliases: noun, a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
versets: noun, Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
alevins: noun, a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
versine: noun, versed sine.
version: noun, a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
Venetic: noun, an Indo-European language of NE Italy, possibly belonging to the Italic branch, known from inscriptions from the 4th to 2nd centuries b.c.
Venetia: noun, an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
vervain: noun, any plant belonging to the genus Verbena, of the verbena family, having elongated or flattened spikes of stalkless flowers.
Anteros: noun, Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
arcuate: adjective, bent or curved like a bow.
variola: noun, smallpox.
variole: noun, a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
various: pronoun, Informal. several, many, or numerous ones:
aorists: noun, a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
varlets: noun, a knavish person; rascal.
varuses: noun, abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
anurias: noun, the absence or suppression of urine.
Antlers: noun, one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
Vatican: noun, Also called Vatican Palace. the chief residence of the popes in Vatican City, now also including a library, archives, art museum, apartments, and administrative offices.
antiars: noun, the upas tree.
vavasor: noun, (in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
Anterus: noun, Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
antero-
venatic: adjective, of or relating to hunting.
vection: noun, the transference of a disease from one person to another.
Antares: noun, a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
Antaeus: noun, an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
vecture: noun, a token used to pay transportation fares.
veinlet: noun, a small vein.
veinule: noun, venule.
velaria: noun, an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
anoesis: noun, a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
velours: noun, a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
anlaces: noun, anelace.
veloute: noun, a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
anisole: noun, a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
velures: noun, velvet or a substance resembling it.
velvets: noun, a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut.
alerion: noun, an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
vervets: noun, an African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, allied to the green monkey and the grivet, but distinguished by a rusty patch at the root of the tail.
varices: noun, plural of varix.
acetins: noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
visuals: noun, Usually, visuals. the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc. photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, especially as used for illustration or promotion. Compare audio, video.
actino-
actinal: adjective, having tentacles or rays.
Actaeon: noun, a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
vittles: noun, victuals, food supplies; provisions.
Acrilan
acrasin: noun, a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
aconite: noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
voiture: noun, a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
acinous: adjective, consisting of acini.
acetous: adjective, containing or producing acetic acid.
acetone: noun, a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
acetoin: noun, a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
acetate: noun, Chemistry. a salt or ester of acetic acid.
actives: noun, Grammar. the active voice. a form or construction in the active voice.
acetals: noun, Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
volante: adverb, adjective, moving lightly and quickly.
acerous: adjective, acerose1 .
acerose: adjective, needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
acerola: noun, the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
acerate: adjective, acerose1 .
Voltaic: noun, Gur.
acarine: noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
Aaronic: adjective, of or relating to Aaron.
volutes: noun, a spiral or twisted formation or object.
volutin: noun, basophilic nucleoprotein granules in the cytoplasm or the vacuoles of certain microorganisms.
volvent: noun, a small, pear-shaped nematocyst discharging a thread that entangles its prey.
Vorster: noun, Balthazar Johannes, 1915–83, South African political leader: prime minister 1966–78; president 1978–79.
votress: noun, a votaress.
Vistula: noun, a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
viscous: adjective, of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.
Alcoran: noun, Alkoran.
Aetolus: noun, son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
vesical: adjective, of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
Alceste: noun, an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Alcaeus: noun, flourished c600 b.c, Greek poet of Mytilene.
vesicle: noun, a small sac or cyst.
Alastor: noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
Alarcon: noun, Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
vestals: noun, vestal virgin.
vesture: noun, Law. everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees. any such covering, as grass or wheat.
veteran: noun, a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
vetiver: noun, the long, fibrous, aromatic roots of an East Indian grass, Vetiveria zizanioides, used for making hangings and screens and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
airless: adjective, lacking air.
ailette: noun, either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
aileron: noun, Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
Aetolia: noun, an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
actress: noun, a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
victual: noun, victuals, food supplies; provisions.
vicunas: noun, a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers.
vinasse: noun, the residuum in a still after distillation; slop.
aerator: noun, an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
aerates: verb (used with object), to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
violate: verb (used with object), to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
violent: adjective, acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
Aeolian: noun, a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
aeneous: adjective, bronze-colored:
virtual: adjective, being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such:
viruses: noun, an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
viscera: plural noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the abdominal cavity.
actuate: verb (used with object), to incite or move to action; impel; motivate:
viscose: noun, a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
varico-
variate: noun, Statistics. random variable.
Troilus: noun, a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
atonies: noun, Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
auricle: noun, Anatomy. the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna. Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart. (loosely) the atrium.
aureole: noun, a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
Aurelia: noun, moon jellyfish.
aureate: adjective, golden or gilded.
tussive: adjective, of or relating to a cough.
auction: noun, Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
attunes: verb (used with object), to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
attorns: verb (used with object), to turn over to another; transfer.
attires: noun, clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
ulsters: noun, a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
attains: verb (used with object), to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
uncases: verb (used with object), to remove from a case; remove the case from.
atresia: noun, the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
atonics: noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
auroral: adjective, of or like the dawn.
uncials: noun, an uncial letter.
unclose: verb (used with or without object), to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
uncoils: verb (used with or without object), to unwind from a coiled position.
atlases: noun, a bound collection of maps.
uncover: verb (used with object), to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
uncross: verb (used with object), to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
Aterian: adjective, of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
atelier: noun, a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
unlaces: verb (used with object), to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
unravel: verb (used with object), to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
astrol.
unreels: verb (used with object), to unwind from or as if from a reel:
astrict: verb (used with object), to bind fast; constrain.
unrests: noun, lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
aurists: noun, a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
auroras: noun, the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn. Compare Eos.
unseals: verb (used with object), to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
tsarina: noun, czarina.
Cairene: noun, a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
caesura: noun, Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
caesars: noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
Caelian: noun, the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
trounce: verb (used with object), to beat severely; thrash.
trouser: noun, a leg of a pair of trousers.
trovers: noun, an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
avulses: verb (used with object), to pull off or tear away forcibly:
avocets: noun, any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
trustee: noun, a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc.
trustor: noun, a person who creates a trust.
aviator: noun, a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft.
aviates: verb (used with or without object), to fly or fly in an aircraft.
Avestan: noun, an ancient East Iranian language of the Indo-European family, the language of all the Avesta but the Gathas. Compare Gathic (def 1).
Auslese: noun, (often lowercase) a wine made in Germany from carefully selected ripe grapes.
tsarist: noun, an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
Avertin
Avernus: noun, a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile-smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it.
tunicle: noun, a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
avarice: noun, insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
Tuonela: noun, the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
turacos: noun, touraco.
tureens: noun, a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
autoist: noun, motorist.
turista: noun, tourista.
Austro-
Austria: noun, a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
austere: adjective, severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
Turners: noun, a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
Astolat: noun, a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
astatic: adjective, unstable; unsteady.
arenite: noun, psammite.
valines: noun, an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
arseno-
arsenal: noun, a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
vacuole: noun, a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
arrival: noun, an act of arriving; a coming:
arrests: noun, the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
valance: noun, a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
Valence: noun, Chemistry. the quality that determines the number of atoms or groups with which any single atom or group will unite chemically. the relative combining capacity of an atom or group compared with that of the standard hydrogen atom. The chloride ion, Cl–, with a valence of one, has the capacity to unite with one atom of hydrogen or its equivalent, as in HCl or NaCl.
arouses: verb (used with object), to stir to action or strong response; excite:
arnicas: noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
valeric: adjective, pertaining to or derived from valerian.
Valerie: noun, a female given name.
Valiant: adjective, boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted:
arnatto: noun, annatto (def 2).
valises: noun, a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
vacates: verb (used with object), to give up possession or occupancy of:
aristos: noun, aristocrat.
aristo-
Valonia: noun, acorn cups of an Old World oak, Quercus macrolepis (or Q. aegilops), used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink.
valuate: verb (used with object), to set a value on; appraise.
arietta: noun, a short aria.
valuers: noun, British. an appraiser.
valutas: noun, (in Europe) the value of a currency expressed in terms of its rate of exchange with another currency.
valvate: adjective, furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
Aretino: noun, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
Vanessa: noun, a female given name.
areoles: noun, an areola.
areolas: noun, a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
variant: noun, a person or thing that varies.
arenose: adjective, sandy; gritty.
arsines: noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
arteri-
Astarte: noun, an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
ureases: noun, an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
Astaire: noun, Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
unseats: verb (used with object), to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
unstate: verb (used with object), Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
unsteel: verb (used with object), to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
unveils: verb (used with object), to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
unvocal: adjective, not outspoken; reserved; not eloquent in speech; inarticulate.
unvoice: verb (used with or without object), devoice.
uracils: noun, Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
assault: noun, a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:
Uralian: adjective, of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
uralite: noun, a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
uranias: noun, uranium dioxide.
asocial: adjective, not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
uranite: noun, any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
ureters: noun, a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
Artesia: noun, a city in S California.
urinals: noun, a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
urinate: verb (used without object), to pass or discharge urine.
ascites: noun, accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
ascents: noun, an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
Ascaris: noun, any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
usances: noun, Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
Aruntas: noun, Aranda.
utensil: noun, any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
uterine: adjective, of or relating to the uterus or womb.
artless: adjective, free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
artiste: noun, an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
utricle: noun, a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
artisan: noun, a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
article: noun, a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
Tarasco: noun, Tarascan.
cereous: adjective, waxlike.
tantras: noun, (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
enclose: verb (used with object), to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
elaters: noun, Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
solutes: noun, the substance dissolved in a given solution.
cratons: noun, a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
elastin: noun, a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
slicers: noun, a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
enclave: noun, a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
elastic: noun, webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
cursive: noun, a cursive letter or character.
sterlet: noun, a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
surcoat: noun, a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
stereo-
craters: noun, the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
encores: noun, a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
solvate: noun, a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
curtail: noun, a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
encrust: verb (used with or without object), incrust.
sterile: adjective, free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
encases: verb (used with object), to enclose in or as in a case:
solvent: noun, a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:
Creator: noun, a person or thing that creates.
elative: noun, an elative case.
elation: noun, a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
crenate: adjective, having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
sulcate: adjective, having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
curiosa: plural noun, books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
Sultana: noun, a small, seedless raisin.
curites: noun, a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
creates: adjective, Archaic. created.
current: noun, a flowing; flow, as of a river.
sterno-
curlers: noun, a person or thing that curls.
creases: noun, a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
cravens: noun, a coward.
slivers: noun, a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
sternal: adjective, of or relating to the sternum.
sunrise: noun, the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
currant: noun, a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
curtain: noun, a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
Stentor: noun, (in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
slotter: noun, a person or thing that slots.
cutlass: noun, a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailors.
stearo-
stearin: 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.
stearic: adjective, of or relating to suet or fat.
ensiles: verb (used with object), to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
enslave: verb (used with object), to make a slave of; reduce to slavery:
Susiana: noun, Elam.
couters: noun, a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
ensouls: verb (used with object), to endow with a soul.
coverts: noun, a covering; cover.
situate: adjective, Archaic. located; placed; situated.
ensures: verb (used with object), to secure or guarantee:
sustain: verb (used with object), to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
cutlers: noun, a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
courses: noun, a direction or route taken or to be taken.
cutlets: noun, a slice of meat, especially of veal, for broiling or frying.
courser: noun, a person or thing that courses.
Susette: noun, a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
surveil: verb (used with object), to place under surveillance.
curtals: noun, a 16th-century bassoon.
craniol
curtate: adjective, shortened; reduced; abbreviated.
enisles: verb (used with object), to make an island of.
enlaces: verb (used with object), to interlace; intertwine:
Curtiss: noun, Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
stencil: noun, a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
enlists: verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
elaenia: noun, any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
sonatas: noun, a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
surreal: adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
slavers: noun, a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
enolate: noun, any metallic derivative of an enol.
cranio-
curvets: noun, Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
Steiner: noun, Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
cranial: adjective, of or relating to the cranium or skull.
slaters: noun, a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
steato-
crenels: noun, any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
sterols: noun, any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
sutlers: noun, (formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
cuittle: verb (used with object), to wheedle, cajole, or coax.
solatia: noun, something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
striate: adjective, striated.
Socinus: noun, Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
elevons: noun, a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
socials: noun, a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
cuirass: noun, Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
crosier: noun, a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
strives: noun, vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
stoners: noun, Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
cronies: noun, a close friend or companion; chum.
Eleusis: noun, a city in ancient Greece, in Attica.
culotte: plural noun, women's trousers, usually knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt.
Croesus: noun, died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
Croatia: noun, a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
stoical: adjective, impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
culvers: noun, a dove or pigeon.
streets: noun, a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
soilure: noun, a stain.
culvert: noun, a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
straits: noun, Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
solaria: noun, a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
solaces: noun, comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
stovers: noun, coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
Elinvar
strains: noun, any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
solates: verb (used with object), to change from a gel to a sol.
crustal: adjective, of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
stories: noun, a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
stratus: noun, a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
stratal: adjective, of a stratum or strata.
stratas: noun, a plural of stratum.
soirees: noun, an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
strati-
strato-
cruises: noun, the act of cruising.
cruiser: noun, a person or thing that cruises.
cuestas: noun, a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
strunts: noun, the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
eluants: noun, a liquid used for elution.
Slovene: noun, one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovenia.
Stetson
snivels: noun, weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
stances: noun, the position or bearing of the body while standing:
curator: noun, the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
Stevens: noun, Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
suction: noun, the act, process, or condition of sucking.
Eleatic: noun, a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
cresset: noun, a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
cresols: noun, any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
sucrose: noun, a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
Eleanor: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
sluices: noun, an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
curette: noun, a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
Suevian: noun, a member of an ancient Germanic people of uncertain origin, mentioned in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus.
stertor: noun, a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
slovens: noun, a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
solunar: adjective, pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
creoles: noun, a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
Sno-Cat
Ossetia: noun, a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
snorter: noun, a person or thing that snorts.
Electra: noun, Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
stivers: noun, Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
eluates: noun, a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
critter: noun, a domesticated animal.
Soleure: noun, French name of Solothurn.
crissal: adjective, of or relating to the crissum.
cuneate: adjective, having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
elusion: noun, the act of eluding; evasion.
Stilton
cretins: noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
electr-
crinose: adjective, hairy.
stuiver: noun, stiver (def 1).
curares: noun, a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
elector: noun, a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
suasion: noun, the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
elusive: adjective, eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define:
sucrase: noun, invertase.
cutline: noun, a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
Craiova: noun, a city in SW Romania.
entails: noun, the act of entailing.
silvern: adjective, made of or like silver.
sincere: adjective, free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
tailors: noun, a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
Sinatra: noun, Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
Sinaloa: noun, a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
Silvers: noun, Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
corvine: adjective, pertaining to or resembling a crow.
corvina: noun, corbina.
Statice: noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
staters: noun, any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
sovrans: noun, adjective, sovereign.
earnest: noun, full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
corvees: noun, unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
erasers: noun, a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
eclairs: noun, a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
startle: noun, a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
soutter: noun, souter.
sinters: noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
talcose: adjective, containing or composed largely of talc.
tactual: adjective, of or relating to the sense of touch.
stative: adjective, (of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses:
costate: adjective, Anatomy. having ribs.
costars: noun, a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
souters: noun, a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
tactile: adjective, of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
taction: noun, touch; contact.
Costain: noun, Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
enviers: noun, a person who feels envy.
cutover: noun, land, especially timberland, cleared of trees.
Soutine: noun, Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
envious: adjective, full of, feeling, or expressing envy:
Statius: noun, Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
cosines: noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse. the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
station: noun, a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
statics: noun, the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
sinuate: adjective, bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
starter: noun, a person or thing that starts.
starlit: adjective, lighted by the stars:
costers: noun, costermonger.
cornets: noun, Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
starets: noun, a religious teacher or counselor.
corrals: noun, an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
ecartes: noun, a card game for two players.
tanists: noun, the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
cornute: adjective, cornuted.
tanrecs: noun, tenrec.
Ericson: noun, Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
Silures: plural noun, a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
tansies: noun, any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
Silenus: 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.
corners: noun, the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
Stalino: noun, a former name of Donetsk.
cornels: noun, any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
corneas: noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
silents: noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
Staines: noun, a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
correl.
erasion: noun, the act of erasing.
cortina: noun, a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
Erastus: noun, Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
erasure: noun, an act or instance of erasing.
easiest: noun, a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
starlet: noun, a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
silvans: noun, a person dwelling in a woodland region.
Eastern: adjective, lying toward or situated in the east:
Silvana: noun, a female given name, form of Silvia or Sylvia.
erector: noun, Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
taluses: noun, the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
talents: noun, a special natural ability or aptitude:
easters: 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.
corslet: noun, corselet (def 2).
corsets: noun, Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
stactes: noun, one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
talions: noun, lex talionis.
corsair: noun, a fast ship used for piracy.
entrust: verb (used with object), to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
stouten: verb (used with object), to make stout.
costive: adjective, suffering from constipation; constipated.
suttees: noun, sati.
entasis: noun, a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
coulees: noun, Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
sirrees: noun, (used as an intensive with no or yes):
entreat: verb (used with object), to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
entires: noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
entitle: verb (used with object), to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
enteric: noun, enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
entrail: plural noun, the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
sorites: noun, a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
Courier: noun, a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
entoils: verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
cuvette: noun, Also, curvette. Also called chevee. a gemstone with a raised, cameolike figure or design carved on its hollowed surface.
enteral: adjective, enteric.
counsel: noun, advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
stature: noun, the height of a human or animal body.
soucars: noun, a Hindu banker.
stators: noun, Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine. Compare rotor (def 1).
cutties: noun, a short spoon.
coterie: noun, a group of people who associate closely.
courant: noun, courante.
Statler: noun, Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
Tacitus: noun, Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
sorrels: noun, light reddish-brown.
Suttner: 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.
entries: noun, an act of entering; entrance.
entices: verb (used with object), to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
cuttles: noun, cuttlefish.
courlan: noun, the limpkin.
Corliss: noun, George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
Coulter: noun, colter.
cotters: noun, a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
costrel: noun, a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
entero-
soutane: noun, a cassock.

6 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

unites: noun, a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
Serena: noun, a female given name.
Solera: noun, (especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
recoil: noun, an act of recoiling.
sorrel: noun, light reddish-brown.
Senate: noun, an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
ureter: noun, a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
relier: noun, a person or thing that relies.
Valera: noun, a city in W Venezuela.
Valens: noun, Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
valent
sorels: noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
Uniate: noun, a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
uretic: adjective, of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
valine: noun, an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
UNESCO: noun, an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
Valois: noun, a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
recess: noun, temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
valors: noun, boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
selen-
stance: noun, the position or bearing of the body while standing:
urases: noun, urease.
solate: verb (used with object), to change from a gel to a sol.
uncial: noun, an uncial letter.
Valona: noun, Italian name of Vlorë.
urano-
Stalin: noun, Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
stales: adjective, not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
recite: verb (used with object), to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
stains: noun, a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
reests: verb (used with object), to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
Solent: noun, The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
uncoil: verb (used with or without object), to unwind from a coiled position.
urates: noun, a salt of uric acid.
serial: noun, anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
urease: noun, an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
relive: verb (used with object), to experience again, as an emotion.
recuse: verb (used with object), to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
valise: noun, a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
selvas: noun, a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
uranic: adjective, of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
sensor: noun, a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
recons: noun, reconnaissance.
selves: noun, plural of self.
relies: verb (used without object), to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
unlace: verb (used with object), to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
Sorata: noun, Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
Recent: noun, Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
source: noun, any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
vacate: verb (used with object), to give up possession or occupancy of:
usance: noun, Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
sonars: noun, a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
unseat: verb (used with object), to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
usenet: noun, Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
usneas: noun, any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
senile: noun, a senile person.
uracil: noun, Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
V/STOL
utters: adjective, complete; total; absolute:
solute: noun, the substance dissolved in a given solution.
rectal: adjective, of, relating to, or for the rectum.
recti-
recurs: verb (used without object), to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
Rector: noun, a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
rectos
Senior: noun, a person who is older than another.
seracs: noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
relate: verb (used with object), to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
Senlac: noun, a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
Senora: noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
utero-
souter: noun, a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
unveil: verb (used with object), to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
Uticas: noun, an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
serein: noun, fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
serais: noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
rectus: noun, any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
unseal: verb (used with object), to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
soleus: noun, a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
relent: verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
relict: noun, Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
urials: noun, a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
Urania: noun, uranium dioxide.
urinal: noun, a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
Valais: noun, a canton in SW Switzerland. 2021 sq. mi. (5235 sq. km). Capital: Sion.
stacte: noun, one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
senors: noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
unless: conjunction, except under the circumstances that:
Vacuva
sonics: noun, the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
unlive: verb (used with object), to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
urines: noun, the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
unreal: adjective, not real or actual.
unreel: verb (used with object), to unwind from or as if from a reel:
sonata: noun, a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
Uralic: noun, a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
Stacia: noun, a female given name.
urino-
Reiner: noun, Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
sortie: noun, a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
sovran: noun, adjective, sovereign.
soucar: noun, a Hindu banker.
unrest: noun, lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
Seneca: noun, a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
unrove: adjective, withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.
Soviet: noun, (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
Vaclav
ursine: adjective, of or relating to a bear or bears.
vacant: adjective, having no contents; empty; void:
Rattan: noun, Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
valses: noun, waltz.
Victor: noun, a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
vestal: noun, vestal virgin.
set-in: adjective, made separately and placed within another unit.
Vestas: noun, the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
sirree: noun, (used as an intensive with no or yes):
vetoes: noun, the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
Vetter: noun, Vätter.
viator: noun, a wayfarer; traveler.
vicars: noun, Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
sirens: noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
setons: noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
vicuna: noun, a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers.
Sisera: noun, the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
setose: adjective, covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
setout: noun, preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
vincas: noun, periwinkle2 .
vineal: adjective, of or relating to grapes or grapevines.
vinous: adjective, of, resembling, or containing wine.
violas: noun, a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
Sirena: noun, a female given name.
ovaria: noun, ovary.
sirees: noun, sirree.
Siouan: noun, an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
Violet: noun, any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers. Compare violet family.
vessel: noun, a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
sestet: noun, Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit. Compare octave (def 4a).
virtue: noun, moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
situla: noun, a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
Verein: noun, a union, association, or society.
Slater: noun, a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
Servia: noun, former name of Serbia.
verite: noun, truth; truthfulness.
slants: noun, slanting or oblique direction; slope:
Vernal: adjective, of or relating to spring:
Verner: noun, Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
Vernet: noun, Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
Verona: noun, a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
versal: adjective, universal or whole.
verses: noun, (not in technical use) a stanza.
Sister: noun, a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
verset: noun, Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
Sitter: noun, a person who sits.
sitten: verb, past participle of sit1 .
sitars: noun, a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
servo-
versos: noun, a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
versts: noun, a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
versus: preposition, against (used especially to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest):
servos: noun, Informal. servomechanism.
vervet: noun, an African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, allied to the green monkey and the grivet, but distinguished by a rusty patch at the root of the tail.
vesica: noun, Anatomy. a bladder.
vireos: noun, any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
outsit: verb (used with object), to sit longer than; outwait:
venule: noun, a small vein.
volute: noun, a spiral or twisted formation or object.
outact: verb (used with object), to outdo in acting.
ouster: noun, expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
ousels: noun, ouzel.
Sierra: noun, a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
Silvan: noun, a person dwelling in a woodland region.
ourari: noun, curare.
ounces: noun, a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
Volsci: plural noun, an ancient people of Latium who were conquered by the Romans in the last part of the 4th century b.c.
siesta: noun, a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
silure: plural noun, a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
Silone: noun, Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
Volant: noun, Also called volant piece. Armor. a reinforcing piece for the brow of a helmet.
silane: noun, Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
volvas: noun, the membranous envelope that encloses the base of various mushrooms formed when the velum ruptures.
ottava: adverb, (of notes in a score) at an octave higher than written (when placed above the staff) or lower than written (when placed below the staff). Abbreviation: 8va.
ottars: noun, attar (def 1).
Ostler: noun, hostler.
voters: noun, a person who votes.
osteal: adjective, osseous.
votive: adjective, offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow:
Ossian: noun, a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
Vtesse
Vulcan: noun, the ancient Roman god of fire and metalworking, identified with the Greek Hephaestus.
sevres: noun, a suburb of Paris in N France.
sevier: noun, John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
setter: noun, a person or thing that sets.
Seurat: noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
outset: noun, the beginning or start:
Settle: noun, a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
sinter: noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
outsat: verb, simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
viscus: noun, singular of viscera.
set-to: noun, a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
visual: noun, Usually, visuals. the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc. photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, especially as used for illustration or promotion. Compare audio, video.
outran: verb, simple past tense of outrun.
setula: noun, a short, blunt seta.
vitals: plural noun, those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.
vittle: noun, victuals, food supplies; provisions.
vivace: adverb, adjective, (a musical direction) vivacious; lively.
Volans: noun, the Flying Fish, a southern constellation between Carina and Hydrus.
vivers: plural noun, victuals; foodstuffs.
sevens: noun, a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
Vltava: noun, a river in the W Czech Republic, flowing N to the Elbe. 270 miles (435 km) long.
Silver: noun, Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
vocals: noun, a vocal sound.
voices: noun, the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
voiles: noun, a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
Severn: noun, a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
severs: verb (used with object), to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
silvas: noun, the forest trees of a particular area.
outlet: noun, an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
slates: 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.
slaver: noun, a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
recast: noun, a recasting.
Vassar: noun, Matthew, 1792–1868, U.S. merchant, philanthropist, and supporter of education for women; born in England: founder of Vassar College.
Soares: noun, Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
snorts: noun, the act or sound of snorting.
varlet: noun, a knavish person; rascal.
ratton: noun, a rat.
varnas: noun, Hinduism. class (def 13).
Varuna: noun, the Vedic god of natural and moral law, probably a sky god originally: thought to correspond to the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda.
snores: noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
Vasari: noun, Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
vassal: noun, (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
rattle: noun, a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
vastus: noun, any of several muscles in the front part of the thigh constituting part of the quadriceps muscle, the action of which assists in extending the leg.
varies: verb (used with object), to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
ratter: noun, a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
serous: adjective, resembling serum; of a watery nature.
Vatter: noun, a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
vaults: noun, an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction.
snivel: noun, weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
sneers: noun, a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
snarls: noun, the act of snarling.
snares: noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
vector: noun, Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
sluice: noun, an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
ratite: noun, a bird having a ratite breastbone.
vario-
ravels: noun, a tangle or complication.
sloven: noun, a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
Vanier: noun, Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
solans: noun, a gannet.
recant: verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
reatas: noun, riata.
valuer: noun, British. an appraiser.
values: noun, relative worth, merit, or importance:
valuta: noun, (in Europe) the value of a currency expressed in terms of its rate of exchange with another currency.
solace: noun, comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
reason: noun, a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
valvar: adjective, valvular.
series: noun, a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
soiree: noun, an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
realia: plural noun, Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
varier: noun, a person or thing that varies.
Varese: noun, a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
soever: adverb, at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
socles: noun, a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
serine: 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;
serins: noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
social: noun, a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
re-act: verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
serosa: noun, Embryology, Zoology. the chorion. a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
ravins: verb (used with or without object), noun, raven2 .
ravine: noun, a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
Ravens: noun, any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
veenas: noun, vina.
ration: noun, a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
venues: noun, Law. the place of a crime or cause of action. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
ovules: noun, Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
Raetic: noun, an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
Venice: noun, Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
Venite: noun, the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
racons: noun, radar beacon.
venose: adjective, having many or prominent veins.
venous: adjective, of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
racist: noun, a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
Racine: noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
racial: adjective, of or relating to the social construct of race:
racers: noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
sleets: noun, precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
slicer: noun, a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
venter: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the abdomen or belly. a bellylike cavity or concavity. a bellylike protuberance.
sleave: noun, anything matted or raveled.
serval: noun, a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
slavo-
ventr-
ovular: adjective, pertaining to or of the nature of an ovule.
Slavic: noun, a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene).
ovisac: noun, a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
ovines: adjective, pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
slaves: noun, a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
Server: noun, a person who serves.
venial: adjective, able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
raises: noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
ratine: noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
rastle: verb (used with or without object), wrestle.
velars: noun, Phonetics. a velar sound.
velate: adjective, Biology. having a velum.
Sloane: noun, Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
Velcro
veloce: adjective, played at a fast tempo (used as a musical direction).
raters: noun, a person who makes rates or ratings.
velour: noun, a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
ratels: noun, a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
ratans: noun, rattan.
ratals: noun, the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
Rasure: noun, an erasure.
sliver: noun, a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
rancor: noun, bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
sliest: adjective, a superlative of sly.
raster: noun, Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
rassle: verb (used with or without object), wrestle.
Velsen: noun, a seaport in W Netherlands.
velure: noun, velvet or a substance resembling it.
slices: noun, a thin, flat piece cut from something:
Velvet: noun, a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut.
Rascal: noun, a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
ranula: noun, a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
Veneti: noun, Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
ranees: noun, the wife of a rajah.
uncase: verb (used with object), to remove from a case; remove the case from.
trouts: noun, any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
ultras: noun, an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
sacral: adjective, of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
scler-
sclera: noun, a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
saints: noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
testis: noun, the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
teston: noun, a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
sailor: noun, a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
tetra-
sailer: noun, a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
saices: noun, syce.
sacro-
Rutter: noun, portolano.
testes: noun, plural of testis.
rutins: 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.
tetras: noun, any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
rutile: noun, a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
Tetuan: noun, a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
Ruston: noun, a city in N Louisiana.
Teuton: noun, a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
scones: noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
rustle: noun, the sound made by anything that rustles:
Rustin: noun, Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
tiaras: noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
ticals: noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
sclent: noun, any slanting surface, as a slope.
Susian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
scores: noun, the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
scato-
Sutter: noun, John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
Salter: noun, a person who makes or sells salt.
Salten: noun, Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
suttee: noun, sati.
terras: noun, earth; land.
sutras: noun, Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
terret: noun, one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
scarts: verb (used with or without object), to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
Saliva: noun, a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
saline: noun, a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
Salina: noun, a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
tester: noun, a person or thing that tests.
Terris: noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
scatts: noun, scat5 .
sutler: noun, (formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
scenas: noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
teslas: noun, a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
scents: noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
Suslov: noun, Mikhail Andreevich [myi-khuh-yeel uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–82, Soviet government official.
Salian: noun, a Salian Frank.
Tessie: noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
Tessin: noun, French and German name of Ticino.
scions: noun, a descendant.
tierce: noun, an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
rustic: noun, a country person.
suttle: adjective, a frequent misspelling of subtle.
toe-in: noun, the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
titles: noun, the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
titres: noun, titer.
rouses: noun, a rousing.
sunset: noun, the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
silent: noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
scours: noun, the act of scouring.
Scouse: noun, a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
toasts: noun, sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
Tocsin: noun, a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
sunlit: adjective, lighted by the sun.
rouens: noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
titans: noun, Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
rottes: noun, rote2 .
toiles: noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
rotter: noun, a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
rotten: adjective, decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
toilet: noun, a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
tolans: noun, a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
rotate: adjective, wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
sultan: noun, the sovereign of an Islamic country.
Toltec: noun, a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
suitor: noun, a man who courts or woos a woman.
rostra: noun, a plural of rostrum.
titers: noun, the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
tissue: 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.
Russo-
tineas: noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
scoria: noun, Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
Russia: noun, Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
russet: noun, yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
tilers: noun, a person who lays tiles.
tincal: noun, a former name for crude native borax.
scorns: noun, open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
tinct.
rulers: noun, a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
Scoter: noun, any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
tincts: noun, tint; tinge; coloring.
surras: noun, an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
ruanas: noun, a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
Tissot: noun, James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
rovers: noun, a person who roves; wanderer.
tinsel: noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
Scotia: noun, a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
tinter: noun, a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
Scotti: noun, Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
routes: noun, a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
router: noun, any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
tisane: noun, (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
Scotts: noun, Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
rousts: verb (used with object), to rout, as from a place:
Scotus: noun, John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
ternes: noun, terne metal.
saltie: noun, an ocean-going sailor.
roster: noun, a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
Sarnia: noun, a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
Sartre: noun, Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
Tarvia
tassel: noun, a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
Sarton: noun, May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
tasset: noun, either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
Tassie: noun, tass.
taster: noun, a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
talent: noun, a special natural ability or aptitude:
sarsen: noun, any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
tastes: noun, the act of tasting food or drink.
sarees: noun, sari.
talers: noun, thaler.
tatars: noun, a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
sarco-
taters: noun, potato.
Tatius: noun, a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
taunts: noun, an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
sautes: noun, a dish of sautéed food.
tauro-
tauten: verb (used with or without object), to make or become taut.
sarans: noun, a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
tauto-
Sanusi: noun, a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
Saseno: noun, an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
Talien: noun, Wade-Giles. Dalian.
tavern: noun, a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
Saturn: noun, an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
Tantra: noun, (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
Tarlac: noun, a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
saurel: noun, any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
tarots: noun, any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
saunas: noun, a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
saults: noun, a waterfall or rapid.
tarsal: noun, a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
sauces: noun, any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
tarsia: noun, intarsia.
saucer: noun, a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
tanrec: noun, tenrec.
sateen: noun, a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
tanist: noun, the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
tarso-
sattva: noun, See under guna.
Tarsus: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
Tartan: noun, a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
satori: noun, sudden enlightenment.
satire: noun, the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
satins: 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.
Tartar: noun, Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
talons: noun, a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
talion: noun, lex talionis.
Santos: noun, a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
savant: noun, a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
Tereus: noun, a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
salute: noun, Military. the special act of respect paid in saluting. the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
tensas: noun, a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
tenses: noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
scaler: noun, a person or thing that scales.
Scales: noun, Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
salver: noun, a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
tensor: noun, Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
tenter: noun, a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
svelte: adjective, slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
tentie: adjective, tenty.
scants: adverb, Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
tenuis: noun, an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
tenrec: noun, any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
tenure: noun, the holding or possessing of anything:
scares: noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
tenuto: adjective, Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
terais: noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
terat-
tercel: noun, the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
saltus: noun, oscillation (def 5b).
Sutton: noun, a borough of Greater London, England.
terces: noun, tierce (def 3).
tercet: noun, Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
Teresa: noun, Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
Salvia: noun, any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.
salvor: noun, a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
Santee: noun, a city in SW California.
Savona: noun, a city in N Italy on the Mediterranean.
taints: noun, a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
Santal: noun, sandalwood.
sansei: noun, a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
teasel: noun, any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family.
tainos: noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
savate: noun, a sport resembling boxing but permitting blows to be delivered with the feet as well as the hands.
teaser: noun, a person or thing that teases.
teases: noun, a person who teases or annoys.
savins: noun, a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
Savior: noun, a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
Savoie: noun, a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
teleo-
tenias: noun, taenia.
sanies: noun, a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
Tailor: noun, a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
savors: noun, the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
taenia: noun, Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
telson: noun, the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
scalar: noun, Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude. Compare vector (def 1a).
tactus: noun, the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
sancta: noun, a sacred or holy place.
tenace: noun, a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
tenets: noun, any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
salvos: noun, a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
suites: noun, a number of things forming a series or set.
scouts: noun, a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
ultra-
resort: noun, a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
steins: noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
Triune: noun, (initial capital letter) the Trinity.
steers: noun, Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
steels: 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.
Reston: noun, James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
Seaver: noun, (George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
trivet: noun, a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
trocar: noun, a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
steals: noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
secant: noun, Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
tronas: noun, a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
Triton: noun, a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
trones: noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
secern: verb (used with object), to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
trover: noun, an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
staves: noun, a plural of staff1 .
troves: noun, a collection of objects.
truant: noun, a student who stays away from school without permission.
truces: noun, a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
status: noun, the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
secret: noun, something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
trusts: noun, reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
statue: noun, a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
steles: noun, an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
triste: adjective, sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
resoil: verb (used with object), to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
tricot: noun, a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
treens: noun, treenware.
Searle: noun, Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
Trento: noun, Italian name of Trent.
retina: noun, the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
steric: adjective, of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
Trevor: noun, William (William Trevor Cox) born 1928, Irish short-story writer and novelist.
triacs: noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
steres
trices: noun, a very short time; an instant:
Season: noun, one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
seater: noun, a person or thing that seats.
steno-
retain: verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
triene: noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
retail: noun, the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
triens: noun, a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
triers: noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
trinal: adjective, threefold; triple; trine.
trines: noun, a set or group of three; triad.
triols: noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
result: noun, something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
stenos: noun, a stenographer.
triose: noun, a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
resole: verb (used with object), to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
stator: noun, Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine. Compare rotor (def 1).
Sterne: noun, Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
Renoir: noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
secure: adjective, free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
renvoi: noun, the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
turret: noun, a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
rentes: noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
renter: noun, a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
rental: noun, an amount received or paid as rent.
Turtle: 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.
turves: noun, plural of turf.
Tuscan: noun, the standard literary form of the Italian language.
tussal: adjective, pertaining to tussis.
tussle: noun, a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
sector: noun, Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
Tustin: noun, a city in SW California.
seiner: noun, a person who fishes with a seine.
tutees: noun, a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
stares: noun, a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
Renata: noun, a female given name.
seines: noun, a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
tutors: noun, a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
Ulster: noun, a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
select: adjective, chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
reluct: verb (used without object), to struggle (against something); rebel.
stanes: noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), stone.
reruns: noun, the act of rerunning.
resail: verb (used without object), to sail back or again.
tsuris: noun, trouble; woe.
turaco: noun, touraco.
Tucana: noun, the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
resist: 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.
Tucson: noun, a city in S Arizona: health resort.
Tuinal
Tulare: noun, a city in central California.
resile: verb (used without object), to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
resets: noun, an act or instance of setting again.
Tulear: noun, a city on SW Madagascar.
tuners: noun, a person or thing that tunes.
Tunica: noun, a tunic.
resent: verb (used with object), to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
resect: verb (used with object), to do a resection on.
resale: noun, the act of selling a second time.
turco-
reseau: noun, a network.
tureen: noun, a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
static: noun, Electricity. static or atmospheric electricity. interference due to such electricity.
turion: noun, a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
reseat: verb (used with object), to provide with a new seat or new seats.
rescue: noun, the act of rescuing.
stater: noun, any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
starve: verb (used with object), to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
starts: noun, a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
Turner: noun, a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
treats: noun, entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
sterns: noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
suints: 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.
rinses: noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
Rivera: noun, Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
rivals: noun, a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
torula: noun, a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
scrota: noun, the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
ritual: noun, an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
strunt: noun, the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
Ritter: noun, a knight.
totals: noun, the total amount; sum; aggregate:
toucan: noun, any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
risers: noun, a person who rises, especially from bed:
strove: verb, simple past tense of strive.
struts: noun, the act of strutting.
rictus: noun, the gape of the mouth of a bird.
touses: noun, a commotion; rumpus.
tousle: noun, a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
strive: verb (used without object), to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
touter: noun, a tout.
Strine: noun, Australian English.
strict: adjective, characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
ricers: noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
riatas: noun, a lariat.
Rialto: noun, an exchange or mart.
tracer: noun, a person or thing that traces.
rivets: noun, a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
r-less: adjective, r-dropping.
Straus: noun, Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
screen: noun, a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
Toluca: noun, a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
Rosser: noun, a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
Rosita: noun, a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
rosins: noun, Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
Rosina: noun, a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
toluic: adjective, of or derived from toluic acid.
toners: noun, a person or thing that tones.
rosets: noun, resin; rosin.
tonlet: noun, a skirt of plates.
Roseau: noun, a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
tonsil: noun, a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
Struve: noun, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
sucres: noun, Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
screes: noun, a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
scries: verb (used without object), to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
sturts: noun, violent quarreling.
Tories: noun, a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
Stuart: noun, a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
rosace: noun, rosette (def 3).
torsel: noun, a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
torses: noun, a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
roasts: noun, roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
tortes: noun, a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
Street: noun, a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
revues: noun, a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
seance: noun, a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
stints: noun, a period of time spent doing something:
reuses: noun, a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
stoner: noun, Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
stolen: noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
retuse: adjective, having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
stolas: noun, a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
stoics: noun, a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
return: noun, the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
stoats: noun, the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
travel: noun, the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
stiver: noun, Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
retro-
scutes: noun, a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
stilts: 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.
Stevin: noun, Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
retral: adjective, at or toward the back; posterior.
Travis: noun, William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
Stevia: noun, a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
Steven: noun, a male given name.
sealer: noun, an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
treasr
retort: noun, a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
sterol: noun, any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
retire: noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
Reuter: noun, Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
transe: noun, a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
traces: noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
tra-la: noun, nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
revolt: noun, the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
trails: noun, a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
revive: verb (used with object), to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew:
strata: noun, a plural of stratum.
revise: noun, an act of revising.
Strait: noun, Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
trains: noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
Strain: noun, any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
Stover: noun, coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
revile: verb (used with object), to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
revets: verb (used with object), to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
revest: verb (used with object), to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
Stones: noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
Tralee: noun, a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
revert: noun, a person or thing that reverts.
stouts: noun, a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
stours: noun, British Dialect. tumult; confusion. a storm.
revers: noun, a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
revels: noun, Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
Storrs: noun, a town in NE Connecticut.
trance: noun, a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
trans.
reveal: noun, an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
stores: noun, an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
santir: noun, a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
vulvas: noun, the external female genitalia.
leaves: noun, plural of leaf.
Cesena: noun, a city in E central Italy.
Lenoir: noun, Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
cerat-
cerate: noun, Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
cereal: noun, any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
Cereus: noun, any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
cerias: noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
Lencas: noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
cerise: adjective, noun, moderate to deep red.
Lenaea: noun, a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
cerous: adjective, containing trivalent cerium.
certes: adverb, certainly; in truth.
ceruse: noun, a pigment composed of white lead.
Cervin: noun, Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
cestas: noun, a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
ceorls: noun, churl (def 4).
cestus: noun, a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
cesura: noun, caesura.
cetane: noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
lector: noun, a lecturer in a college or university.
lectin: noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
Leavis: noun, F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
leaven: noun, a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
leasts: noun, something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
leases: 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.
Cetura: noun, Keturah.
learnt: verb, a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
learns: verb (used with object), to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
leaner: noun, a person or thing that leans.
cirro-
Lenore: noun, a female given name, form of Eleanor.
Centre: noun, Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
cisele: adjective, noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
cenote: noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
letter: noun, a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
cavies: noun, any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
cavils: noun, a trivial and annoying objection.
Cavite: noun, a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
cavort: verb (used without object), to prance or caper about.
Cavour: noun, Camillo Benso di [kah-meel-law ben-saw dee] /kɑˈmil lɔ ˈbɛn sɔ di/ (Show IPA), 1810–61, Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy.
ceases: noun, cessation:
Lester: noun, a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
Celine: noun, Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
celto-
lessor: noun, a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
lesson: noun, a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
celure: noun, an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
Lesser: noun, a small amount, quantity, or degree:
lessen: verb (used with object), to make less; reduce.
lentic: adjective, pertaining to or living in still water.
lesion: noun, an injury; hurt; wound.
censer: noun, a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
censes: verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
censor: noun, an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
census: noun, an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
cental: noun, hundredweight (def 1).
centas: noun, a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
Lerner: noun, Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
Center: noun, Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
centi-
centos: noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
centr-
leones: noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
centra: noun, a plural of centrum.
cirrus: noun, Meteorology. a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters). a cirriform cloud.
lavers: noun, Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
Lettie: noun, a female given name, form of Laetitia.
clino-
Lassie: noun, a young girl; lass.
cleats: noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
lascar: noun, an East Indian sailor.
Cleave: verb (used with object), to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
larvas: noun, Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
larvae: noun, Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Cletus: noun, Anacletus.
clever: adjective, mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
Cleves: noun, a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
clevis: noun, a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.
client: noun, a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
clines: noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
Larine: adjective, characteristic of or resembling a gull.
lariat: noun, a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
larees: noun, lari.
cleans
clints: noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
clites: noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
Cloete: noun, Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
clones: noun, Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
clonus: noun, a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
Cloris: noun, a male or female given name.
closer: noun, a person or thing that closes.
closes: noun, the act of closing.
lanose: adjective, lanate.
Lanier: noun, Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
closet: noun, a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
clouts: noun, a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
lancet: noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
lances: noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
clears: noun, a clear or unobstructed space.
clavus: noun, Psychiatry. an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull.
citole: noun, cittern.
latten: noun, a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
Lavern: noun, Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
citral: noun, a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
Citron: noun, a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
Citrus: noun, any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
civets: noun, a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
Laurie: noun, a female given name, form of Laura.
lauric: adjective, of or derived from lauric acid.
Lauren: noun, a female given name.
lauras: noun, a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
Claire: noun, Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
Launce: noun, sand lance.
lauans: noun, Philippine mahogany.
Latvia: noun, a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Capital: Riga.
latter: Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
clares: noun, a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
claver: noun, idle talk; gossip.
claret: noun, the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
latria: noun, the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
Latona: noun, the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
latins: noun, an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
Latino: noun, a person of Latin-American descent:
claros: noun, such a cigar.
Latina: noun, a woman of Latin-American descent.
latest: noun, the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
class.
latent: adjective, present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
latens: verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
clasts: noun, a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
lateen: adjective, pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
clause: noun, Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
Lettic: adjective, of or relating to the Letts or their language.
caviar: noun, the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga, or other fish, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
lanate: adjective, woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
litres: noun, liter.
loaves: noun, plural of loaf1 .
loaner: noun, a person or thing that loans.
livres: noun, a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
caners: noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
livers: noun, Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
livens: verb (used with object), to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
Canova: noun, Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1757–1822, Italian sculptor.
cansos: noun, Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
Littre: noun, Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
litter: noun, objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
litten: adjective, lighted1 .
Cantal: noun, a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
cantar: noun, a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
Canter: noun, an easy gallop.
cantle: noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
Calvin: noun, John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
Cantor: noun, the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
Cantos: noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
liters: noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
cantus: noun, cantus firmus.
canula: noun, cannula.
Canute: noun, a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
canvas: noun, a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
carats: noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
careen: noun, a careening.
career: noun, an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
caress: noun, an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
Lister: noun, Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
carets: noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
listen: Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
calvus: adjective, (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having its upper portion changing from a rounded, cumuliform shape to a diffuse, whitish, cirriform mass with vertical striations.
locate: verb (used with object), to identify or discover the place or location of:
Li-sao: noun, a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
lorica: noun, Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
louies: noun, looie.
Lottie: noun, a female given name, form of Charlotte.
Averil: noun, a male given name.
Averno: noun, a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
averse: adjective, having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
averts: verb (used with object), to turn away or aside:
Avesta: noun, a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including the Gathas.
aviate: verb (used with or without object), to fly or fly in an aircraft.
losers: noun, a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
Lorrie: noun, a female given name, form of Laura.
avisos: noun, a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
Avlona: noun, former name of Vlorë.
avocet: noun, any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
lories: noun, any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
avoir.
calves: noun, plural of calf1 .
Lorens: noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
Lorena: noun, a female given name.
avulse: verb (used with object), to pull off or tear away forcibly:
Caesar: noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
lorans: noun, a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
Lorain: noun, a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
loners: noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
loiter: verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
Loiret: noun, a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
Cairns: noun, a seaport in NE Australia.
Calais: noun, the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
locust: noun, Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
calesa: noun, (in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
Locris: noun, either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
Carian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Caria.
caries: noun, decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
cavers: noun, a person who studies or explores caves.
cattle: noun, bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
Caster: noun, a person or thing that casts.
castes: noun, Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
lierne: noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
Castle: noun, a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
Castor: noun, Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
Castro: noun, Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
casual: noun, a worker employed only irregularly.
lictor: noun, (in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
Catano: noun, a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
catena: noun, a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
caters: verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
lianas: noun, any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
cation: noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
Catlin: noun, George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
Levite: noun, a member of the tribe of Levi.
Cassie: noun, huisache.
Levins: noun, lightning.
Levine: noun, Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
Catton: noun, (Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
causal: adjective, of, constituting, or implying a cause.
levies: noun, an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
levier: noun, a person who levies.
causes: noun, a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
cavate: adjective, hollowed out, as a space excavated from rock:
Levant: noun, the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
caveat: noun, a warning or caution; admonition.
Leucon: noun, a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
leuco-
Leucas: noun, Levkas.
cavern: noun, a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
Lieut.
Cassia: noun, Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
Carina: noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
Carter: noun, Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
Carlos: noun, Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
carnal: adjective, pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
carnet: noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
lionet: noun, a young or small lion.
Carnot: noun, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
Carola: noun, a female given name, form of Carol.
Carole: noun, a female given name.
Carrel: noun, Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
Carrie: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
carrot: noun, a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
carses: noun, bottom land.
Carson: noun, Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
linter: noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
cartel: noun, an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
cartes: noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
Cassel: noun, Kassel.
carton: noun, a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
Caruso: noun, Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
carvel: noun, caravel.
carven: adjective, carved.
Carver: noun, George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
Casals: noun, Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
casein: noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
casern: noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
liners: noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
linear: adjective, of, consisting of, or using lines:
casino: noun, a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
linacs: noun, linear accelerator.
casita: noun, a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
Caslon: noun, William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
lancer: noun, a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
lanais: noun, a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
Louise: noun, Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
curves: noun, a continuously bending line, without angles.
estrus: 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: noun, estrone.
estral: adjective, estrous.
estocs: noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
curses: noun, the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
cursor: noun, Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
esters: 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 .
curtal: noun, a 16th-century bassoon.
estate: noun, a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
essoin: noun, (in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
essive: noun, the essive case.
Curtin: noun, John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
Curtis: noun, Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
curvet: noun, Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
etalon: noun, an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
Custer: noun, George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
custos: noun, (italics) Latin. a custodian.
escort: noun, a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
escent
Escaut: noun, French name of Scheldt.
cut-in: noun, Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
Ervine: noun, St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
ervils: noun, a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
Cutler: noun, a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
ossein: noun, the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
eructs: verb (used with or without object), to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
cutlet: noun, a slice of meat, especially of veal, for broiling or frying.
Cutter: noun, a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
cuttle: noun, cuttlefish.
Currie: noun, East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
curler: noun, a person or thing that curls.
easels: noun, a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
cteno-
Crosse: noun, a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
evince: verb (used with object), to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
octane: noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
Crouse: noun, Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
evicts: verb (used with object), to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
croute: noun, crust.
Evetta: noun, a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
everts: noun, Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
cruets: noun, a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
cruise: noun, the act of cruising.
cruors: noun, coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
crural: adjective, of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
Crusoe: noun, Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
C-star: noun, carbon star.
cueist: noun, a billiard player.
curite: noun, a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
Evarts: noun, William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
cuesta: noun, a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
cuisse: noun, a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
culets: noun, Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
Culion: noun, an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
Culver: noun, a dove or pigeon.
Eunice: noun, a city in S central Louisiana.
Euless: noun, a city in N Texas.
cuneal: adjective, wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
Curare: noun, a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
curate: noun, Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
curets: noun, a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
Etoile: noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
curios: noun, any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
Cuvier: noun, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
errata: noun, plural of erratum.
crores: noun, (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
enrols: verb (used with or without object), enroll.
elevon: noun, a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
enters: 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:
enter-
Elinor: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
entail: noun, the act of entailing.
elints: noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
ensure: verb (used with object), to secure or guarantee:
ensues: verb (used without object), to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
ensoul: verb (used with object), to endow with a soul.
elisor: noun, a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
Elissa: noun, Phoenician name of Dido.
elites: noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
Eloise: noun, a female given name.
ensile: verb (used with object), to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
Enrico: noun, a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
entire: noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
enosis: noun, a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
eluant: noun, a liquid used for elution.
eluate: noun, a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
enlist: verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
enlace: verb (used with object), to interlace; intertwine:
enisle: verb (used with object), to make an island of.
elutes: verb (used with object), to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
Enesco: noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
eluvia: noun, a deposit of soil, dust, etc., formed from the decomposition of rock and found in its place of origin.
encore: noun, a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
encase: verb (used with object), to enclose in or as in a case:
enates: noun, a person related on one's mother's side. Compare agnate, cognate.
elvers: noun, a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
Elvira: noun, a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
entice: verb (used with object), to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
elects: noun, a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
errant: adjective, deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
Ecorse: noun, a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
easier: noun, a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
easies: noun, a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
Easter: 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.
Easton: noun, a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
erotic: noun, an erotic poem.
Ernest: noun, a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
ecarte: noun, a card game for two players.
ecesis: noun, the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
Ecevit: noun, Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
Erivan: noun, Yerevan.
eclair: noun, a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
eclats: noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
ericas: noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
ecoles: noun, school1 .
Erevan: noun, Yerevan.
elect.
ecrase: adjective, (of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
erects: adjective, upright in position or posture:
erases: verb (used with object), to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
eraser: noun, a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
eosins: noun, Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
Elaine: noun, any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
Eolian: noun, Aeolian2 (def 3).
envies: noun, a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
elance: noun, a quick darting movement.
envier: noun, a person who feels envy.
elater: noun, Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
enures: verb (used with or without object), inure.
elates: adjective, elated.
entoil: verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
cross-
evites: verb (used with object), to avoid; shun.
cloven: verb, a past participle of cleave2 .
Cortes: noun, (in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
Isaacs: noun, Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
corers: noun, a person or thing that cores.
corita: noun, a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
cornea: noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
irreal: adjective, unreal.
Cornel: noun, any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
Corner: noun, the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
irones: noun, a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
ironer: noun, a person or thing that irons.
CORNET: noun, Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
corral: noun, an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
Corrie: noun, a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
corses: noun, corpse.
corset: noun, Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
Coruna: noun, La Coruña.
corals: noun, the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
corvee: noun, unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
corves: noun, plural of corf.
Corvus: noun, the Crow, a southern constellation between Virgo and Hydra.
invest: verb (used with object), to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
cosets: noun, a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
cosies: noun, a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
invert: noun, a person or thing that is inverted.
invars
COSINE: noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse. the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
inures: verb (used with object), to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
cosset: noun, a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
intros: noun, an introduction.
intro.
cossie: noun, a bathing suit; bathers.
Iseult: 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.
conure: noun, any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
COSTAR: noun, a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
Ivanov: noun, Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich [fsye-vuh-luh t vyi-chyi-slah-vuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət vyɪ tʃyɪˈslɑ və vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1963, Russian playwright.
Clover: noun, any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
cloves: noun, the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
Clovis: noun, a town in central California.
C-note: noun, See C (def 11).
coalas: noun, koala.
laevo-
coaler: noun, a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
lacuna: noun, a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
lacto-
coarse: adjective, composed of relatively large parts or particles:
coasts: noun, the land next to the sea; seashore:
coatee: noun, a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
Coates: noun, Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
coatis: noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
coeval: noun, a contemporary:
contr.
coitus: noun, sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
colent
Coleus: noun, any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
Itasca: noun, Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
colies: noun, any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
colins: noun, any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
istles: noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
colter: noun, a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
colure: noun, either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
conies: noun, the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
Israel: noun, a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
isotac: noun, a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
consul: noun, an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
contes: plural, Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
costal: adjective, Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
inters: verb (used with object), to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
evolve: verb (used with object), to develop gradually:
Icarus: noun, Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
incase: verb (used with object), encase.
covets: verb (used with object), to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
Covina: noun, a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
craals: noun, kraal.
Crania: noun, the skull of a vertebrate.
crasis: noun, composition; constitution; makeup.
Crater: noun, the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
crates: noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
craton: noun, a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
cravat: noun, necktie (defs 1, 2).
Craven: noun, a coward.
crease: noun, a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
create: adjective, Archaic. created.
creels: noun, a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
crenel: noun, any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
covert: noun, a covering; cover.
Creole: noun, a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
iatro-
cresol: noun, any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
crests: noun, the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
Cretan: noun, a native or inhabitant of Crete.
cretin: noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
Creusa: noun, the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
Creuse: noun, a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
criers: noun, a person who cries.
Crista: noun, a crest or ridge.
crones: noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
Evvoia: noun, Modern Greek name of Euboea.
evulse: verb (used with object), to extract forcibly:
Cronus: noun, a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
incest: noun, sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
incorr
inter.
coulee: noun, Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
Coster: noun, costermonger.
intact: adjective, not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
insure: verb (used with object), to guarantee against loss or harm.
insult: noun, an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
insula: noun, a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
instr.
instar: noun, an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
cottas: noun, a surplice.
instal: verb (used with object), install.
Cotter: noun, a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
insoul: verb (used with object), ensoul.
insole: noun, the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
cotula: noun, (in prescriptions) a measure.
insets: noun, something inserted; insert.
coulis: noun, a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
covers: noun, something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
insert: noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
insect: noun, any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
counts: noun, the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
course: noun, a direction or route taken or to be taken.
courts: noun, Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
Cousin: noun, Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
inlaut: noun, medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
inlace: verb (used with object), enlace.
couter: noun, a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
incuse: noun, an incuse figure or impression.
coutil: noun, a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
incurs: verb (used with object), to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
covens: noun, an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
incult: adjective, wild; rude; unrefined.
avenue: noun, a wide street or main thoroughfare.
enacts: verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
Arunta: noun, Aranda.
oaters: noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
ornate: adjective, elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
ariose: adjective, characterized by melody; songlike.
astern: adverb, in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
Nassau: noun, a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
oleins: noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
Nasser: noun, Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
Alsace: noun, a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
assure: verb (used with object), to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
artels: noun, (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
Orient: noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
nastic: adjective, of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
nasute: noun, a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
arrant: adjective, downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
oriels: noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
Assuan: noun, Aswan.
NASCAR: noun, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
actual: adjective, existing in act or fact; real:
aorist: noun, a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
assort: verb (used with object), to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
natals: noun, a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
assoil: verb (used with object), to absolve; acquit; pardon.
Norris: noun, Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
native: noun, Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
Nessie: noun, Loch Ness monster.
Orense: noun, a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
assoc.
aloins: noun, an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
aortas: noun, the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
acuate: adjective, sharpened; pointed.
arcane: adjective, known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
Alston: noun, a male given name.
nasals: noun, Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
Aloeus: noun, a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
Naoise: noun, the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
antres: noun, a cavern; cave.
notate: verb (used with object), to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
atonal: adjective, of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
alerce: noun, the wood of the sandarac tree.
nacres: noun, mother-of-pearl.
Ariane: noun, Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
oleate: noun, Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
Nestor: noun, the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
nailer: noun, a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
altern: adjective, alternate; following one another.
nestle: verb (used with object), to settle or ensconce snugly:
actins: noun, a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
action: noun, the process or state of acting or of being active:
Ateste: noun, ancient name of Este.
anuria: noun, the absence or suppression of urine.
nitro-
Altair: noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
anuses: noun, the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
active: noun, Grammar. the active voice. a form or construction in the active voice.
atavic: adjective, atavistic.
narco-
narcos: noun, narc.
Altaic: noun, the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
nitres: noun, niter.
astute: adjective, of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
narial: adjective, of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
Anvers: noun, French name of Antwerp.
astron
astro-
astral: adjective, pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
Arcaro: noun, Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
Assiut: noun, Asyut.
atones: verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
aerate: verb (used with object), to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
Aeolia: noun, Aeolis.
Aeolic: noun, the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
Aeolis: noun, an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
necro-
alerts: noun, an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
nectar: noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
Aeolus: noun, the ruler of the winds.
Alesia: noun, an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
intra-
Noetic: adjective, of or relating to the mind.
noesis: noun, (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
oracle: noun, (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
Aletes: noun, a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
anlace: noun, anelace.
Neisse: noun, a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
A-line: noun, (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
aeron.
onuses: noun, a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
aretes: noun, the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
ascots: noun, a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
alevin: noun, a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
noctis: adjective, (in prescriptions) of the night.
nerols: noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
ascent: noun, an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
Alette: noun, (in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
Nereis: noun, clamworm.
Nereus: noun, a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
Asante: noun, Ashanti.
nocti-
aerial: noun, a radio or television antenna.
areole: noun, an areola.
Nerval: noun, Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
natter: noun, a conversation; chat.
navels: noun, umbilicus (def 1).
Alnico: noun, a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
Nature: noun, the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
Nivose: noun, (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
acutes: noun, the acute accent.
Aeacus: noun, a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
nausea: noun, sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
assert: Idioms, assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
orcein: noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
norite: noun, a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
Nautes: noun, (in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
norias: noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
assent: noun, agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
assail: verb (used with object), to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
artist: noun, a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
arecas: noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
ariels: noun, a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
Alissa: noun, a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
Oliver: noun, one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland.
asians: noun, a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
alines: noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
Alison: noun, a female given name, form of Alice.
areola: noun, a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
Aeneas: noun, a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
orates: verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
navies: noun, the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
aslant: adverb, at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
Artois: noun, a former province in N France: artesian wells.
noises: noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
Aileen: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
asonia: noun, tone deafness.
Asosan: noun, a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
niters: noun, potassium nitrate.
alters: noun, David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
arsons: noun, Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
arnica: noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
Austen: noun, Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
arrive: noun, a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
octets: noun, a company of eight singers or musicians.
Aussie: noun, an Australian.
Aurora: noun, the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn. Compare Eos.
oilers: noun, a person or thing that oils.
ansate: adjective, having a handle or handlelike part.
Acarus: noun, a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
aroint: verb (imperative), begone:
aurist: noun, a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
nutate: verb (used without object), to undergo or show nutation.
Auriol: noun, Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
lucent: adjective, shining.
nutlet: noun, a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
Alecto: noun, one of the Furies.
oilcan: noun, a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
Nutter: noun, a person who gathers nuts.
acetal: noun, Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
luetic: adjective, syphilitic.
arises: verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
octant: noun, the eighth part of a circle.
Octave: noun, Music. a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone. the interval encompassed by such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
novice: noun, a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
aceous
arsen-
lucres: noun, monetary reward or gain; money.
auntie: noun, Informal. aunt.
Lucite
Lucias: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
Lucian: noun, a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
nutria: noun, the coypu.
alates: noun, the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
Osetic: adjective, noun, Ossetic.
aneles: verb (used with object), to administer extreme unction to.
aniso-
Nicaea: noun, an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
Louvre: noun, a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
Nueces: noun, a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
louver: noun, any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
anises: noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
louvar: noun, a red-finned, deep-sea, tropical fish, Luvarus imperialis, having the vent at the base of the pectoral fin.
avaunt: adverb, away; hence.
Nevers: noun, a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
alcove: noun, a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
arrest: noun, the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
Alcuin: noun, (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
louses: noun, any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
Oeneus: noun, a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
anlaut: noun, initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
nuclei: noun, plural of nucleus.
lovats: noun, a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
Auster: noun, the south wind personified.
Avalon: noun, an island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
Austin: noun, Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
austr-
nurses: 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.
osiers: noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
Nicole: noun, a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
avails: noun, advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective:
ocular: noun, Optics. eyepiece.
anoles: noun, any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
nurser: noun, a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
arouse: verb (used with object), to stir to action or strong response; excite:
lovers: noun, a person who is in love with another.
Avanti: noun, Kingdom of, an ancient Aryan kingdom of W central India, with its capital near modern Ujjain; flourished in the 6th–4th centuries b.c.
Alcott: noun, (Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
oeuvre: noun, the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
acetin: noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
Alaric: noun, a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
Arliss: noun, George, 1868–1946, English actor.
luteo-
anatto: noun, annatto.
Attius: noun, Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
luster: noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
lustre: noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
attire: noun, clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
lutein: 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.
antler: noun, one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
Arlene: noun, a female given name.
neuro-
notice: noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
Anatol: noun, a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
across: adverb, from one side to another.
Novara: noun, a city in NE Piedmont, in NW Italy.
lutist: noun, a lute player; lutenist.
Attila: noun, ("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
neural: adjective, of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
Alvira: noun, a female given name, form of Elvira.
Arleen: noun, a female given name.
Attica: noun, a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
Antlia: noun, Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
lutose: adjective, covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
attain: verb (used with object), to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
Nettle: noun, any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
alvine: adjective, of or relating to the belly; intestinal.
Nistru: noun, Romanian name of Dniester.
attars: noun, Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
neurol
ancile: noun, a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
acious
lunars: noun, a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
aceto-
oscine: noun, an oscine bird.
neuter: noun, Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb.
Altona: noun, a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
lunate: noun, Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
acinus: noun, Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
attune: verb (used with object), to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
attorn: verb (used with object), to turn over to another; transfer.
atonic: noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
Octans: noun, the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
antiar: noun, the upas tree.
lunies: noun, a lunatic.
arsine: noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
actin-
Lurcat: noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
Nilote: noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
Atreus: noun, the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
Attlee: noun, Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
arsino: adjective, containing the arsino group.
Ortler: noun, a range of the Alps in N Italy.
aisles: noun, a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
oscars: noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
Arista: noun, Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
Alvaro: noun, Corrado [kawr-rah-daw] /kɔrˈrɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1890–1956, Italian journalist and novelist.

5 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

suets: noun, the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
strut: noun, the act of strutting.
crest: noun, the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
crine: noun, hair; head of hair.
cress: noun, any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
crit.
cries: noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
Crile: noun, George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
verst: noun, a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
Sturt: noun, violent quarreling.
alert: noun, an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
stunt: noun, a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
crore: noun, (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
suave: adjective, (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
Alene: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
verso: noun, a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
Sucre: noun, Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
Crius: noun, a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
stuns: noun, the act of stunning.
crone: noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
crier: noun, a person who cries.
alecs: noun, a herring.
Croat: noun, a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
Crete: noun, Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
verts: noun, English Forest Law. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer. the right to cut such vegetation.
suint: 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.
Alost: noun, a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
Creon: noun, a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
ancre: adjective, having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
Aneto: noun, Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
veni-
ASEAN
tacts: noun, a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
Costa: noun, a rib or riblike part.
anele: verb (used with object), to administer extreme unction to.
Venlo: noun, a city in SE Netherlands.
anear: adverb, preposition, near.
tacos: noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Vener: noun, Vänern.
costs: noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
cotes: noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
tacit: adjective, understood without being openly expressed; implied:
tacet: verb (imperative), be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
anat.
anal.
taces: noun, tasset.
cotta: noun, a surplice.
Alvin: noun, a town in S Texas.
taels: noun, liang.
anile: adjective, of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
alure: noun, a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
anis-
Talos: noun, a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
Corse: noun, corpse.
talon: noun, a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
Anita: noun, a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
taler: noun, thaler.
Corti: noun, Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
anise: noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
talcs: noun, Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
Talca: noun, a city in central Chile.
venal: adjective, willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
talas: noun, a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
Taira: noun, a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
taint: noun, a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
tains: noun, a thin tin plate.
Taino: noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
Taine: noun, Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
tails: noun, tail1 (def 6).
coset: noun, a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
anils: noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
Alvar: noun, a holy person of the Vaishnava sect.
vents: noun, an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
Aleus: noun, a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
sural: adjective, of or relating to the calf of the leg.
surv.
alive: Idioms, alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
alist: adjective, inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
surra: noun, an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
crass: adjective, without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
crate: noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
Surat: noun, a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
suras: noun, any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
crave: verb (used with object), to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
craal: noun, kraal.
Aline: noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
verse: noun, (not in technical use) a stanza.
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.
Creel: noun, a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
Alice: noun, a city in S Texas.
alias: noun, a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
Crees: noun, a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
Aleut: noun, Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
suite: noun, a number of things forming a series or set.
Crane: noun, any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
Aloin: noun, an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
Altus: noun, a city in SW Oklahoma.
altar: noun, an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
venue: noun, Law. the place of a crime or cause of action. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
Alton: noun, a city in SW Illinois.
Count: noun, the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
alto-
alti-
sutra: noun, Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
Venus: noun, an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
Court: noun, Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
alter: noun, David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
Susie: noun, a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
alone: Idioms, leave alone, to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself: to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
Altai: noun, a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
Alta.
coven: noun, an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
Susan: noun, a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
Verna: noun, a female given name.
cover: noun, something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
Verne: noun, Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
coves: noun, a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
covet: verb (used with object), to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
vertu: noun, virtu.
avens: noun, any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
verve: noun, enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit:
solve: verb (used with object), to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
Eilat: noun, a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
Sorel: noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
soras: noun, a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
sonic: adjective, of or relating to sound.
Sonia: noun, a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
sones: noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
SONAR: noun, a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
vitta: noun, Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
elans: noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
acron: noun, the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
Elara: noun, Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
sorts: noun, a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
elate: adjective, elated.
vivas: noun, a shout of “viva.”.
viver: plural noun, victuals; foodstuffs.
acro-
solus: adjective, (referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
vives: noun, inflammation and swelling of the submaxillary gland in horses.
Solti: noun, Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
vocal: noun, a vocal sound.
acorn: noun, the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
acnes: noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
sores: noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
sorus: noun, Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
vocat
econ.
stain: noun, a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
Actor: noun, a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
Visct
eclat: noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
sruti: noun, the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
Srta.
Acton: noun, a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
ecol.
Ecole: noun, school1 .
vises: noun, any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
visor: noun, Armor. (on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver. a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
vital: adjective, of or relating to life:
VISTA: noun, a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
Actis: noun, a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
ectal: adjective, external; outer; on the surface of.
souse: noun, an act of sousing.
Sousa: noun, John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
sours: noun, something that is sour.
ecto-
Soult: noun, Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
Ecua.
sotie: noun, a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
Soter: noun, Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
Elena: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
soles: noun, a plural of sol3 .
stair: noun, one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
snarl: noun, the act of snarling.
snort: noun, the act or sound of snorting.
Elura: noun, Ellora.
volts: noun, the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
snore: noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
elute: verb (used with object), to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
Aaron: noun, the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
Aalto: noun, Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
Aalst: noun, Flemish name of Alost.
snits: noun, an agitated or irritated state.
sneer: noun, a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
volva: noun, the membranous envelope that encloses the base of various mushrooms formed when the velum ruptures.
acari: noun, plural of acarus.
elver: noun, a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
snare: noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
snail: noun, any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
voter: noun, a person who votes.
sluts: noun, Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
sluit: noun, (in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
votes: noun, a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
30-30
elves: noun, plural of elf.
slues: noun, the act of sluing.
vulva: noun, the external female genitalia.
volti: verb (imperative), turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
Elton: noun, a male given name.
soler: noun, Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
soils: noun, the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
voice: noun, the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
voila: interjection, (used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
voile: noun, a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
Elias: noun, Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
solar: noun, Informal. solar energy.
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.
solan: noun, a gannet.
Eliot: noun, Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
Elisa: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Elise: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
acet-
snots: noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
elite: noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
volar: adjective, of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
socle: noun, a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
soave: noun, a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
voles: noun, any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
soars: noun, an act or instance of soaring.
Elsie: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Soane: noun, Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
aceae
snout: noun, the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
vols.
actos
stale: adjective, not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
stria: noun, a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
curet: noun, a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
stirs: noun, the act of stirring or moving.
veter
stint: noun, a period of time spent doing something:
cunts: noun, the vulva or vagina.
stilt: noun, one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
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.
sties: noun, a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
airts: noun, a direction.
cures: noun, a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
Steve: noun, a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
Stets: 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.
Cunas: noun, a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
vicar: noun, Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
Curia: noun, one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
vice-
Curie: noun, a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
curio: noun, any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
Aetna: noun, Mount. Etna, Mount.
curls: noun, a coil or ringlet of hair.
Aesir: noun, the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
curns: noun, a grain.
Stern: noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
aisle: noun, a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
stoas: noun, Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
Vilas: noun, a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
Stout: noun, a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
cruel: adjective, willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
cruet: noun, a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
Alcor
Alcon: noun, a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
cruor: noun, coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
cruse: noun, an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
crust: noun, the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
alate: noun, the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
Alas.
stove: noun, a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
stour: noun, British Dialect. tumult; confusion. a storm.
Stoat: noun, the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
store: noun, an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
Alans: noun, a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
alani: plural noun, a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
Vesta: noun, the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
Stone: noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
culet: noun, Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
stole: noun, an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below. Compare tippet (def 2).
vests: noun, a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
stola: noun, a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
Aisne: noun, a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
Stoic: noun, a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
currs: verb (used without object), to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
curse: noun, the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
Eaton: noun, Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
stat.
vireo: noun, any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
aecia: noun, the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
virls: noun, ferrule (def 1).
stave: noun, one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
viron: noun, a male given name.
cuvee: noun, wine in vats or casks, blended, often from different vintages, for uniform quality.
virtu: noun, excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
stats: noun, Also, 'stat. thermostat.
earns: verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
State: noun, the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
easel: noun, a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
cutis: noun, the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
eases: noun, freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
acute: noun, the acute accent.
start: noun, a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
Starr: noun, Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
virus: noun, an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
visas: noun, an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
easts: noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
stare: noun, a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
Stans: noun, a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
stane: noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), stone.
eaten: noun, eats, Informal. food.
Viren: noun, Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
viral: Idioms, go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
aero-
aeri-
vinas: noun, a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
aerie: noun, the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
Vinca: noun, periwinkle2 .
curst: noun, the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
Vince: noun, a male given name, form of Vincent.
ster.
Aeria: noun, an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
vino-
Stent: noun, Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
vinos: noun, wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
Viola: noun, a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
viols: noun, a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
curve: noun, a continuously bending line, without angles.
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).
Stein: noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
aeons: noun, (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
steer: noun, Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
Steen: noun, Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
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.
cutes: noun, the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
cutie: noun, Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
cutin: noun, a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
talus: noun, the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
Teena: noun, a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
Tanis: noun, an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
torus: noun, Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
Tours: noun, a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
assn.
cause: noun, a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
Toure: noun, Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
asset: noun, a useful and desirable thing or quality:
Cavan: noun, a county in Ulster, in the N Republic of Ireland. 730 sq. mi. (1890 sq. km).
toti-
totes: noun, the act or course of toting.
total: noun, the total amount; sum; aggregate:
Tosca: noun, an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
Asser: noun, Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
caus.
Torun: noun, a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
caver: noun, a person who studies or explores caves.
assai: noun, any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
torts: noun, a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
uran-
Cavil: noun, a trivial and annoying objection.
Torte: noun, a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
Elvis: noun, a male given name, form of Elwin.
urase: noun, urease.
torse: noun, a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
touse: noun, a commotion; rumpus.
cauls: noun, a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
urate: noun, a salt of uric acid.
aster: noun, any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
casas: noun, Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
Asura: noun, (in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
cases: noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
astr.
Astor: noun, John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
Aston: noun, Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
caste: noun, Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
UNRRA
astir: adjective, moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
trait: noun, a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
unset: adjective, not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
touts: noun, a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
train: noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
cata-
trail: noun, a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
Assur: noun, the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
cater: verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
asst.
Cates: noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
Tract: noun, an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
Trace: noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
untie: verb (used with object), to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
until: conjunction, up to the time that or when; till:
Asine: noun, an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
Ceara: noun, Fortaleza.
carve: verb (used with object), to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
toils: noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
toles: noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
CENTO: noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
arvos: noun, afternoon.
USLTA
Usnea: noun, any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
tolas: noun, a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
Tolar: noun, the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
tolan: noun, a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
toise: noun, an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
USSCt
cents: noun, a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
cent.
toile: noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
ceorl: noun, churl (def 4).
Artur: noun, a male given name.
Utica: noun, an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
ceras: noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
utile: adjective, useful.
toast: noun, sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
Titus: noun, a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
Ceres: noun, a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Artie: noun, a male given name, form of Arthur.
asco-
urine: noun, the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
cease: noun, cessation:
Urena: noun, any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
toric: adjective, noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
ceils: verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
TORES: noun, a torus.
torcs: noun, torque (def 4).
toran: noun, (in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
Celia: noun, a female given name, form of Cecilia.
Asian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
tonus: noun, a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
Celt.: abbreviation, Celtic.
ureas: noun, Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
celts: noun, an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
ascon: noun, a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
tonic: noun, a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
Urial: noun, a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
tonia
tones: noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
Cenis: noun, Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
toner: noun, a person or thing that tones.
Uriel: noun, one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
tonal: adjective, pertaining to or having tonality.
Ascus: noun, the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
cense: verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
Ascot: noun, a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
Univ.
unite: noun, a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
titre: noun, titer.
Calve: verb (used with object), to give birth to (a calf).
caine: noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
Trona: noun, a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
trois: noun, the number 3.
cains: noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
cairn: noun, a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
Cairo: noun, a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
Caius: noun, Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
Auric: adjective, of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
aurar: noun, plural of eyrir.
Aural: adjective, of or relating to an aura.
aulos: noun, an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
Aust.
trite: adjective, lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
Aulis: noun, a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
canal: noun, an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
Canea: noun, a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
caner: noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
aulic: adjective, of or relating to a royal court.
canes: noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
tutee: noun, a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
canoe: noun, any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
trios: noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
trone: noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
trots: noun, the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
Canso: noun, Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
avian: adjective, of or relating to birds.
tunes: noun, a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
tunic: noun, Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
Tunas: noun, any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
Tulsa: noun, a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
tules: noun, either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
avast: verb (imperative), (used as a command to stop or cease):
avers
avert: verb (used with object), to turn away or aside:
tsars: noun, czar.
Avars: noun, a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
Tsana: noun, Lake. Tana, Lake.
Trout: noun, any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
TUNIS: noun, a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
Avila: noun, a city in central Spain, a religious and academic center.
aviso: noun, a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
Trust: noun, reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
truss: 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.
Truro: noun, a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
avail: noun, advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective:
Turin: noun, a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
auto.
truce: noun, a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
trove: noun, a collection of objects.
tutor: noun, a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
triol: noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
carts: noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
carns: noun, cairn.
atria: noun, Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
Carin: noun, a female given name.
TREAT: noun, entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
Carla: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
uncia: noun, a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
carls: noun, Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
treas
carne: noun, Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
UNCIO
UNCLE: noun, a brother of one's father or mother.
Carol: noun, a song, especially of joy.
Carie: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
atone: verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
uncos: noun, something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
ATLAS: noun, a bound collection of maps.
carse: noun, bottom land.
ative
trave: noun, a crossbeam.
Carte: noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
ation
trass: noun, a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
atilt: adjective, adverb, with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
Unit.
treen: noun, treenware.
attar: noun, Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
canst: noun, a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
cants: noun, insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
Cant.
trine: noun, a set or group of three; triad.
ulans: noun, uhlan.
ulcer: noun, Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
tries: noun, plural of try.
atto-
Trier: noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
canto: noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
ulent
ulnas: noun, Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb. Compare radius (def 7).
trice: noun, a very short time; an instant:
Caria: noun, an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
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.
triac: noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
Caras: noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
carat: noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
trets: noun, (formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
Caren: noun, a female given name.
tress: noun, Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
cares: noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
Trent: noun, Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
caret: noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
Attic: noun, the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
ceria: noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
Titos: noun, Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
corr.
vaso-
varus: noun, abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
coals: noun, a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
varve: noun, (in lake sediments) an annual deposit usually consisting of two layers, one of fine materials and the other of coarse.
coast: noun, the land next to the sea; seashore:
tele-
teens: noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
tuner: noun, a person or thing that tunes.
teels: noun, til.
tecta: noun, a rooflike structure.
teats: noun, the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
coati: noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
coala: noun, koala.
tease: noun, a person who teases or annoys.
antre: noun, a cavern; cave.
tears
Coats: noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
coel-
coele
teals: noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
vasts: noun, Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
coils: noun, a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
coins: noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
anvil: noun, a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
teles: noun, television.
Tavel: noun, a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
Arcas: noun, a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
clone: noun, Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
areo-
ARENA: noun, the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
Close: noun, the act of closing.
Areca: noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
tense: noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
arcus: noun, a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
clots: noun, a mass or lump.
clout: noun, a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
arces: noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
tenor: noun, the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
Varro: noun, Marcus Terentius [tuh-ren-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /təˈrɛn ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), c116–27? b.c, Roman scholar and author.
teno-
aorta: noun, the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
clove: noun, the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
tenia: noun, taenia.
tenet: noun, any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
A-one: adjective, noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
Varna: noun, Hinduism. class (def 13).
telos: noun, the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
telo-
telic: adjective, Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
telia: noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
coirs: noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
Colas: noun, a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
Clive: noun, Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
cores
Coral: noun, the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
veils: noun, a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
Corea: noun, Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
corer: noun, a person or thing that cores.
tarot: noun, any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
taros: noun, a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
tarns: noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
veins: noun, one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
Tarne: noun, (in the Iliad) Sardis.
Ansar: noun, the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
tares: noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
veers: noun, a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
coria: noun, plural of corium.
Tarai: noun, Terai.
velar: noun, Phonetics. a velar sound.
tanto: adverb, (of a musical direction) too much; so much.
anole: noun, any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
anoia: noun, extreme mental deficiency.
anoas: noun, a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
Tanta: noun, a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
velic: adjective, pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
corns: noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
cornu: noun, a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
CONUS: noun, the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
veena: noun, vina.
colat
taste: noun, the act of tasting food or drink.
vatic: adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
taunt: noun, an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
Coles: noun, any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
Colet: noun, John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
tater: noun, potato.
antis: noun, a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
Tatar: noun, a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
ta-ta: interjection, goodbye.
Colin: noun, any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
vault: noun, an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction.
Tasso: noun, Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
antas: noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
antic: noun, Usually, antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
Tartu: noun, a city in SE Estonia.
tarts: noun, a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
anti-
antes: noun, Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
Cons.
veals: noun, Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
Const
ante-
cont.
Conte: noun, count2 .
tents: noun, a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
varia: noun, a variant reading.
Utter: adjective, complete; total; absolute:
cines: noun, a film; motion picture.
arses: noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
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.
vacua: noun, a plural of vacuum.
Cetus: noun, the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
Ceuta: noun, a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
Ciano: noun, Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
tical: noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
tiara: noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
Tevet: noun, the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
cine-
Teut.
tiles: noun, a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
cions: noun, scion (def 2).
vails: noun, a tip; gratuity.
cires: noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
vairs: noun, a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly. Compare miniver (def 1).
arris: noun, a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
Teton: noun, the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
cists: noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
tests: noun, the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
cites: noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
Arrau: noun, Claudio [klaw-dee-oh;; Spanish klou-th yaw] /ˈklɔ diˌoʊ;; Spanish ˈklaʊ ðyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, Chilean pianist.
Tiler: noun, a person who lays tiles.
tilts: noun, an act or instance of tilting.
Arran: noun, an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
Tirol: noun, Tyrol.
title: noun, the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
titer: noun, the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
cero-
ceros: noun, a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
artel: noun, (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
artal: noun, plural of rotl.
Cerro: noun, a hill or peak.
cert.
TIROS: noun, one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
uveas: noun, the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
tirls: noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
cetin: noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
tires: noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Tiran: noun, Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
tious
tints: noun, a color or a variety of a color; hue.
cesta: noun, a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
Cesti: noun, Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
arson: noun, Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
tines: noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
tinea: noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
arsis: noun, Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat. Compare thesis (def 4).
cetes: noun, a number of badgers together.
Arras: noun, a rich tapestry.
civet: noun, a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
Clite: noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
valve: noun, any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc.
Terra: noun, earth; land.
terr.
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.
Terni: noun, a city in central Italy.
cleat: noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
terne: noun, terne metal.
Arica: noun, a seaport in N Chile.
arias: noun, an air or melody.
terna: noun, a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
Cleon: noun, died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
Cleve: noun, Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
clear: noun, a clear or unobstructed space.
Vance: noun, a male given name.
arian: noun, an adherent of Arianism.
Arete: noun, the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
cline: noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
terce: noun, tierce (def 3).
Vanir: noun, a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
varas: noun, a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
Clint: noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
Terai: noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
tera-
vari-
Ariel: noun, a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
Aries: noun, Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
Clair: noun, René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
claro: noun, such a cigar.
testa: noun, the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
arose: verb, simple past tense of arise.
Arnel
clans: noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
valet: noun, a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
Clara: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
Clare: noun, a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
Tesla: noun, a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
Arles: noun, a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
Arlen: noun, Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
Arius: noun, died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
value: noun, relative worth, merit, or importance:
valor: noun, boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
clase
terse: adjective, neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
arise: verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
clast: noun, a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
valse: noun, waltz.
Arion: noun, flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
arils: noun, a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
Clava: noun, the two or more enlarged distal segments that form the bulbous end of a clavate antenna.
Terri: noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
clave: noun, one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
torsi: noun, a plural of torso.
steal: noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
orant: noun, a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
scene: noun, the place where some action or event occurs:
Lorin: noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
lores: noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
scion: noun, a descendant.
Loren: noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
rares: adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
Isaac: noun, a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
scent: noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
rants: noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
Irons: noun, Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
scena: noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
sceat: noun, a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
Isere: noun, a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
Reval: noun, former German name of Tallinn.
Lorca: noun, García Lorca.
LORAN: noun, a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
scatt: noun, scat5 .
scats: noun, scat singing.
Loris: noun, Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
irone: noun, a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
scat-
Iran.
lotas: noun, (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
scour: noun, the act of scouring.
rason: noun, a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
onces: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
rases: verb (used with object), raze.
iotas: noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
Scott: noun, Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
SCOTS: noun, Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland. Compare Scots Gaelic.
Scot.
Lorna: noun, a female given name.
scorn: noun, open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
irate: adjective, angry; enraged:
loses: Idioms, lose face. face (def 51).
score: noun, the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
loser: noun, a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
Lorne: noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
Scone: noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
Irene: noun, Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
islet: noun, a very small island.
loner: noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
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.
rices: noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
savor: noun, the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
rials: noun, a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
riant: adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
riata: noun, a lariat.
olein: noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
ricer: noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
litre: noun, liter.
savin: noun, a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
revue: noun, a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
lites: noun, light2 (def 36).
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.
oleic: adjective, pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
riels: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
Olean: noun, a city in SW New York.
riles: verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
litas: noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
rinse: noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
liven: verb (used with object), to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
liver: noun, Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
revel: noun, boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
scant: adverb, Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
scart: verb (used with or without object), to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
issue: noun, the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
Loire: noun, a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
scare: noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
istle: noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
loess: noun, a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
ranis: noun, ranee.
locus: noun, a place; locality.
Olive: noun, an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. Compare olive family.
lives: noun, plural of life.
scans: noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
revet: verb (used with object), to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
Ital.
scale: noun, Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
loans: noun, the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
iters: noun, a canal or passage.
Ranee: noun, the wife of a rajah.
livre: noun, a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
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.
Scout: noun, a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
saute: noun, a dish of sautéed food.
ileo-
orans: noun, orant.
ictus: noun, Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
ratio: noun, the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
sect.
restr
orals: noun, an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
ileac: adjective, of or relating to the ileum.
ileus: noun, intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
lunar: noun, a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
lucre: noun, monetary reward or gain; money.
orale: noun, fanon (def 2).
rests: noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
Lucia: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
secos: noun, sekos.
luces: noun, plural of lux.
Lucas: noun, George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
Lucan: noun, (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
icons
Icel.
incl.
seise: verb (used with or without object), Chiefly Law. seize.
ratos: noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
Seler: noun, Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
Luton: noun, a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
Orcus: noun, the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
outre: adjective, passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
resit: noun, a test or examination that is retaken.
lusts: noun, intense sexual desire or appetite.
lures: noun, anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
Novia: noun, a fiancée or bride.
lunas: noun, the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
Orcas: noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
lunts: noun, a match; the flame used to light a fire.
Seine: noun, a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
seers: noun, a person who sees; observer.
seels: verb (used with object), Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
orate: verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
IATSE
lunes: noun, Archaic. fits of madness.
incas: noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
incor
ratal: noun, the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
intr.
scute: noun, a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
louse: noun, any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
lours: verb (used without object), noun, lower2 .
intel: noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
scuta: noun, plural of scutum.
Louis: noun, louis d'or.
Louie: noun, looie.
ratan: noun, rattan.
inure: verb (used with object), to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
louts: noun, an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
onset: noun, a beginning or start:
Lotus: noun, a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
Lotte: noun, angler (def 3).
Lotta: noun, a female given name, form of Charlotte.
Invar
scree: noun, a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
invt.
lotic: adjective, pertaining to or living in flowing water.
scuts: noun, a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
lovat: noun, a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
seats: 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.
inlet: noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
incr.
incur: verb (used with object), to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
SEATO: noun, an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
incus: noun, Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
nuci-
rates: noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
inert: adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
Sears: noun, Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
rater: noun, a person who makes rates or ratings.
over-
ratel: noun, a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
inset: noun, something inserted; insert.
seals: noun, an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
insol
inst.
loves: noun, a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
Lover: noun, a person who is in love with another.
ovate: adjective, egg-shaped.
riots: noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
riser: noun, a person who rises, especially from bed:
Evora: noun, a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
Lever: noun, Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
lect.
Salic: adjective, of or relating to the Salian Franks.
octan: noun, an octan fever.
leers: noun, a lascivious or sly look.
salat: noun, prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
Salas: noun, a large hall, living room, or reception room.
Rouen: noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
roues: noun, a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
rotte: noun, rote2 .
octal: noun, octonary (def 6).
Saiva: noun, Shaiva.
Leven: noun, Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Saite: noun, a native or citizen of Saïs.
leets: noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
Saint: noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
sains: verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
sails: 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.
Levin: noun, lightning.
Osset: noun, a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
Oveta: noun, a female given name.
ocul-
leant: noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
levo-
rotas: noun, Chiefly British. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
learn: verb (used with object), to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
Salta: noun, a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
overt: adjective, open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
oecus: noun, (in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
rails: noun, a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
octet: noun, a company of eight singers or musicians.
rotls: noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
salsa: noun, a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
enact: verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
salon: noun, a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
lears: noun, learning; instruction; lesson.
rotes: noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
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.
least: noun, something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
leave: noun, permission to do something:
octa-
rouse: noun, a rousing.
oases: noun, a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
Leros: noun, one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
races: noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
Leona: noun, a female given name.
Leone: noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
ruana: noun, a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
Leoni: noun, Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
racon: noun, radar beacon.
oaten: adjective, of, relating to, or made of oats.
Lerna: noun, a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
Russ.: abbreviation, Russia.
rusts: 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.
rural: noun, a person who lives in a rural area.
runts: noun, an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
ruins: noun, ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
Oates: noun, Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
ruler: noun, a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
runic: adjective, consisting of or set down in runes:
Rules: noun, a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
runes: 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.
lento: adverb, slowly.
lenos: noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
roust: verb (used with object), to rout, as from a place:
Rover: noun, a person who roves; wanderer.
leuc-
Lenca: noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
saice: noun, syce.
route: noun, a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
lenis: noun, a lenis consonant.
Letts: noun, a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
ovine: adjective, pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
routs: noun, a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
ocrea: noun, a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
rutin: noun, a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
roves: noun, an act or instance of roving.
ocean: noun, the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
ovule: noun, Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
Ocala: noun, a city in central Florida.
raias: noun, rayah.
oasis: noun, a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
racer: noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
oasts: noun, a kiln for drying hops or malt.
leans: noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
Liana: noun, any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
lists: noun, an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
Linus: noun, Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
overs: noun, an amount in excess or addition; extra.
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.
Satie: noun, Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
roans: noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
roars: noun, a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
roast: noun, roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
sates: 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.
lints: noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
satis: noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
laree: noun, lari.
Satan: noun, the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
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).
sasin: noun, blackbuck.
Lares: noun, (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
roils: verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
Sarto: noun, Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
Laris: noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
lansa: noun, langsat.
raise: noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
oiler: noun, a person or thing that oils.
liras: noun, a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
laces: noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
rises: noun, an act or instance of rising.
lact-
sauna: noun, a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
laics: noun, one of the laity.
Sault: noun, a waterfall or rapid.
Sauls: noun, the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
rival: noun, a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
rivel: noun, a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
LANCE: noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
riven: verb, a past participle of rive.
River: noun, a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
Laius: noun, a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
sauce: noun, any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
rivet: noun, a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
rales: noun, an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
Lanai: noun, a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
lanas: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Sarre: noun, French name of Saar.
Larsa: noun, an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
noct-
salve: noun, a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
OIcel
lieve: adverb, lief.
lauan: noun, Philippine mahogany.
roset: noun, resin; rosin.
Salvo: noun, a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
liers: noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
Laura: noun, a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
Rosie: noun, a female given name, form of Rose.
Oesel: noun, German name of Saaremaa.
sanit
rosin: noun, Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
lavas: noun, the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.
Laver: noun, Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
Salus: noun, the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
salts: 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.
Salto: noun, a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
Rosse: noun, William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
licet
sanes: noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
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.
Saros: noun, the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
lasso: noun, a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
larva: noun, Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
saris: 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.
Saree: noun, sari.
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.
lases: verb (used without object), to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
sarc-
Lassa: noun, Older Spelling. Lhasa.
Saran: noun, a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
Linos: noun, linoleum.
Sans.
liner: noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
Saone: noun, a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
linac: noun, linear accelerator.
lasts: noun, a person or thing that is last.
Santo: noun, a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
laten: verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
Santa: noun, Santa Claus.
later: Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
selva: noun, a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
ontic: adjective, possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
evite: verb (used with object), to avoid; shun.
reist: verb (used without object), reest2 .
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.
ottar: noun, attar (def 1).
neral: noun, citral b. See under citral.
sieve: noun, an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
erose: adjective, uneven, as if gnawed away.
Siena: noun, a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
Sices: noun, syce.
ernes: noun, sea eagle.
novel: noun, a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
Neiva: noun, a city in W Colombia.
reive: verb (used with or without object), to rob; plunder.
sials: noun, the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
Otter: noun, any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
Neils: noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
Ernie: noun, a male given name, form of Ernest.
Silas: noun, a male given name.
erron
react: verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
noria: noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
erase: verb (used with object), to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
Erato: noun, the Muse of love poetry.
Ostia: noun, a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
erect: adjective, upright in position or posture:
Silva: noun, the forest trees of a particular area.
ERICA: noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
ERISA: noun, Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
silts: noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
silos: noun, a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
nerts: interjection, nuts (def 1).
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.
osier: noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
nerol: noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
Otaru: noun, a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
Errol: noun, a male given name.
Norse: noun, (used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
OSlav
nates: noun, buttocks; rump.
naut.
Natta: noun, Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
ORuss
renal: adjective, of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
Essen: noun, a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
natl.
reni-
ousel: noun, ouzel.
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 .
Estes: noun, a male given name.
estoc: noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
serve: noun, the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
Natal: noun, a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
ousts: verb (used with object), to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
seti-
Seton: noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
ounce: noun, a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
seven: noun, a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
sever: verb (used with object), to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
OSCAR: noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
ravin: verb (used with or without object), noun, raven2 .
Oscan: noun, one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
ourie: adjective, shabby; dingy.
nears
Raven: noun, any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
Naval: adjective, of or relating to warships:
relic: noun, a surviving memorial of something past.
eruct: verb (used with or without object), to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
setts: noun, Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
noses: noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
ervil: noun, a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
ErvIn: noun, Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
navel: noun, umbilicus (def 1).
Nerva: noun, Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
nerve: noun, one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
naso-
niece: noun, a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
Enola: noun, a female given name.
enols: noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
Slave: noun, a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
nieve: noun, Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
enrol: verb (used with or without object), enroll.
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:
RECON: noun, reconnaissance.
nevus: noun, any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
slain: noun, sley.
Sivas: noun, a city in central Turkey.
Sivan: noun, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
Nevis: noun, one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km). Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
Nevil: noun, a male given name, form of Neville.
Niles: noun, a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
slavs: noun, one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
Ensor: noun, James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
ossia: conjunction, (indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
Reave: verb (used with object), to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
nival: adjective, of or growing in snow:
enate: noun, a person related on one's mother's side. Compare agnate, cognate.
Sloan: noun, John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
Recit
nitre: noun, niter.
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. ).
nitr-
encl.
slice: noun, a thin, flat piece cut from something:
Niter: noun, potassium nitrate.
reata: noun, riata.
nisus: noun, an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
Niort: noun, a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
situs: noun, position; situation.
ensue: verb (used without object), to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
sinal: adjective, of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
noils: noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
rears
Eolic: noun, the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
Osler: noun, Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
Sino-
sines: 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.
reals: noun, real number.
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.
noels: noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
since: adverb, from then till now (often preceded by ever):
noise: noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
reels: noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
eosin: noun, Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
Sinas: noun, a female given name.
reest: verb (used with object), to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
oste-
Sinus: noun, a curve; bend.
neur-
rect.
entia: noun, plural of ens.
sito-
sites: noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
sitar: noun, a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
recta: noun, a plural of rectum.
never: Idioms, never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
SISAL: noun, Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
ento-
recur: verb (used without object), to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
neut.
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.
sires: noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
Neuss: noun, a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
enure: verb (used with or without object), inure.
Siren: noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
siree: noun, sirree.
rente: noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
oater: noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
Orrin: noun, a male given name.
sero-
Evert: noun, Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
Outer: adjective, situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
Notus: noun, the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
orris: noun, an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
rerun: noun, the act of rerunning.
Narva: noun, a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
sents: noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
nacre: noun, mother-of-pearl.
Evers: noun, (James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
naira: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
nares: plural noun, the nostrils or the nasal passages.
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.
Seoul: noun, a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
ornes: noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
sensa: noun, plural of sensum.
event: noun, something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
sense: noun, any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
outen: verb (used with object), to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
serin: noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
euros: noun, wallaroo.
narcs: noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
etuis: noun, a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
evase: adjective, widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
ornis: noun, an avifauna.
Euro-
Seres: noun, the series of stages in an ecological succession.
naive: adjective, having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
senti: noun, a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
eusol: noun, an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
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.
Evatt: noun, Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
Evans: noun, Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
Seric
Evita: noun, a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
evils: noun, that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
seral: adjective, of or relating to a sere.
Euler: noun, Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
novas: noun, a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
serai: noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
orles: noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
evict: verb (used with object), to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
Ravel: noun, a tangle or complication.
serac: noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
etnas: noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
reset: noun, an act or instance of setting again.
Oriel: noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
nasal: noun, Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
notes: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
orial
senor: noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
Nasca: adjective, Nazca.
Serov: noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
evens
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.

4 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

NACA
Cato: noun, Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
var.
lues: noun, syphilis.
Luna: noun, the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
aune: noun, an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
caul: noun, a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
Vaal: noun, a river in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, flowing SW from the Transvaal to the Orange River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
Ross: noun, the rough exterior of bark.
cat.
tout: noun, a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
art.
Catt: noun, Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
Auer: noun, Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
Vat.
NTIA
Nev.
lice: noun, plural of louse.
Cate: noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
Lias: noun, Leah (def 1).
Vane: noun, weather vane.
liar: noun, a person who tells lies.
rote: noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
Liao: noun, a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
ROTC: noun, a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
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).
noes: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
Rota: noun, Chiefly British. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
cast: noun, act of casting or throwing.
vara: noun, a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
nots: noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
ROSE: noun, any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
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.
Luce: noun, a pike, especially when fully grown.
Nora: noun, a female given name, form of Honora.
Line: noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
lino: noun, linoleum.
nori: noun, a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
Utes: noun, Informal. a utility vehicle.
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.
CASE: noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
area: noun, any particular extent of space or surface; part:
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.
Rosa: noun, Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
rort: noun, a rowdy, usually drunken party.
Casa: noun, a house.
RONA
role: noun, a part or character played by an actor or actress.
Cass: noun, Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
Rees: noun, reeve3 .
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.
lieu: noun, place; stead.
lier: noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
Ares: noun, the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
noil: noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
aunt: noun, the sister of one's father or mother.
unco: noun, something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
noir: adjective, black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
Aton: noun, a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
uvea: noun, the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
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.
vacs: noun, vacuum cleaner.
real: noun, real number.
aur-
lin.
Lina: noun, a female given name.
Reel: noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
AURA: noun, a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
Nor.
nous: noun, Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
Asti: noun, a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
Lune: noun, anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
Raia: noun, rayah.
ulna: noun, Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb. Compare radius (def 7).
Nils: noun, nothing; naught; zero.
lure: noun, anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
cees: noun, the letter C.
torn: noun, a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
alt.
oast: noun, a kiln for drying hops or malt.
Torr: noun, a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
Veal: noun, Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
attn
Ceil: verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
Arne: noun, Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
tors: noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
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.
Leta: noun, a female given name, form of Latona.
rove: noun, an act or instance of roving.
tort: noun, a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
Arno: noun, Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
Nier: noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
Leto: noun, the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
Lett: noun, a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
Tori: noun, plural of torus.
Vern: noun, a male given name, form of Vernon.
rest: noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
nits: noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Toni: noun, a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
aril: noun, a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
Novi: noun, a town in SE Michigan.
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).
rule: noun, a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
RATO: noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
ARIS
ruin: noun, ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
rues: noun, sorrow; repentance; regret.
Cels
Cela: noun, Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
luvs: noun, love.
vavs: noun, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
LEST: conjunction, for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
ulto
vatu: noun, a nickel-brass coin and monetary unit of Vanuatu.
torc: noun, torque (def 4).
Lust: noun, intense sexual desire or appetite.
Also: adverb, in addition; too; besides; as well:
NIRA
Tore: noun, a torus.
Aron: noun, a male given name.
Lunt: noun, a match; the flame used to light a fire.
Neva: noun, a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
Aus.
Tver: noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga. Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
vair: noun, a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly. Compare miniver (def 1).
vein: noun, one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
roue: noun, a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
ANSI
cava: noun, (often lowercase) a dry, sparkling white table wine produced in northeastern Spain.
Toul: noun, a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
Tour: noun, a traveling around from place to place.
Cav.
Levi: noun, a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
val.
tuts: noun, an exclamation of “tut.”.
Vail: noun, a tip; gratuity.
Nov.
Aria: noun, an air or melody.
ROTS: noun, the process of rotting.
arse: noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
Attu: noun, the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
ROTL: noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
Neve: noun, granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
Roti: noun, roast.
tots: noun, a small child.
Vala: noun, a prophetess.
rout: noun, a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
Lev.
Ulan: noun, uhlan.
rail: noun, a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
NICE: noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
arr.
Noel: noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
ANTA: noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
ROUS: noun, (Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
Vale: noun, a valley.
Uele: noun, a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
ant.
tote: noun, the act or course of toting.
veer: noun, a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
toss: noun, an act or instance of tossing.
vees: noun, anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
tost: noun, an act or instance of tossing.
Vera: noun, a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
veil: noun, a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
ator
Nova: noun, a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
recs: noun, recreation.
Cave: noun, a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
vain: Idioms, in vain, without effect or avail; to no purpose: in an improper or irreverent manner:
uni-
Lins: noun, a city in E Brazil.
Lois: noun, a female given name.
Cal.
asis
vars: noun, a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
tRNA
ANTU
rant: noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
loin: noun, Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
nose: noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
lour: verb (used without object), noun, lower2 .
lone: adjective, being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
nos-
NCTE
tron
loun: noun, loon2 .
NCAA
rave: noun, an act of raving.
tune: noun, a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
Asur: noun, Assur.
Cain: noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
Trot: noun, the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
NOAA
Asir: noun, a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
Neal: noun, a male given name.
tuna: noun, any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
loan: noun, the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
Aser: noun, Asher (def 1).
revs: noun, a revolution (in an engine or the like).
uret
Neel: noun, Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
cen.
Asia: noun, a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
Anas
att.
cane: noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
trit
note: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
Ave.
Cana: noun, an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
urea: noun, Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
Can.
Rani: noun, ranee.
Ravi: noun, a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
loca: noun, a plural of locus.
loci: noun, plural of locus.
CALS: noun, a male given name, form of Calvin.
neat: noun, an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
not-
nave: noun, the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
live: Idioms, live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
Reno: noun, Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
Lose: Idioms, lose face. face (def 51).
Avis: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
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.
tsar: noun, czar.
ASSR
Loss: noun, detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
lost: Idioms, get lost, Slang. to absent oneself: to stop being a nuisance:
Anil: noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
rase: verb (used with object), raze.
Aves: noun, a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
tule: noun, either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
Nasi: noun, the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
vas-
Lota: noun, (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
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.
Nast: noun, Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
Tues
Vena: noun, a vein.
Ven.
anus: noun, the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
Loti: noun, a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
Tula: noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
Aviv: noun, the seventh month of the Jewish year, equivalent to Nisan of the modern Jewish calendar. Ex. 34:18.
Ural: noun, a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
rasa: noun, (in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
asse: noun, Cape fox.
Vent: noun, an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
Rev.
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.
Veno
vase: noun, a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
RARE: adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
nota: noun, a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
Lore: noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
anes: adverb, once.
nav.
unto: preposition, to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
avos: noun, a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
Avon: noun, a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
Reus: noun, a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
NATS: noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
avn.
NATO: noun, an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
Rena: noun, a female given name, form of Marina.
NASA: noun, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Lorn: noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
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.
lout: noun, an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
litu: noun, a plural of litas.
Nair: noun, a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
Arvo: noun, afternoon.
aut-
USIA
USES: noun, the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
user: noun, a person or thing that uses.
Carr: noun, John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
rale: noun, an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
RNAS
Alva: noun, Also, Alba. Fernando Alvarez de Toledo [fer-nahn-daw ahl-vah-reth th e taw-le-th aw] /fɛrˈnɑn dɔ ˈɑl vɑˌrɛθ ðɛ tɔˈlɛ ðɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general who suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567.
Lion: noun, a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
USCA
roan: noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
Aras: noun, Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
USAR
Nero: noun, (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
Neri: noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
Lira: noun, a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
Asat: noun, (in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons. Compare sat2 (def 1).
Carn: noun, cairn.
ates
rive: verb (used with object), to tear or rend apart:
Carl: noun, Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
USIS
arca: noun, a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
riv.
USTC
Utas: noun, any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
ARCO: adverb, (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
lint: noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
ansa: noun, Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
vel.
atic
Arce: noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
roil: verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
lote: noun, lotus.
Rais: noun, Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
roar: noun, a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
rocs: noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
Roca: noun, Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
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.
Vela: noun, plural of velum.
alts: noun, in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
trav
USRC
CART: noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
RCVR
USNA
asc-
rate: noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
Trio: noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
Rico: noun, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
sris: noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
narc: noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
rile: verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
Tura: noun, Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
Riel: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
rel.
lite: noun, light2 (def 36).
uric: adjective, of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
Avar: noun, a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
tuns: noun, a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
tri-
Love: noun, a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
atar: noun, attar (def 1).
uria
Rice: noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
RIAS: noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
asea: adjective, adverb, to or toward the sea; seaward.
lits: noun, litas.
Neil: noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
rial: noun, a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
VAST: noun, Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
reit: noun, real-estate investment trust.
Rina: noun, a female given name.
anoa: noun, a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
asci: noun, plural of ascus.
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.
uro-
LISA: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Lise: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
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:
rite: noun, a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
RITA: noun, the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
rit.
Uris: noun, a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
Naos: noun, a temple.
ano-
rete: noun, a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
Reis: plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
Rise: noun, an act or instance of rising.
RISC: noun, reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
Aten: noun, Aton.
neo-
riot: noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
CARE: noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
tret: noun, (formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
lit.
Nara: noun, a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
Cara: noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
ance
cene
outs: noun, a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
Orne: noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
crut: noun, crud (def 1).
sent: noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
orle: noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
crus: noun, the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
ever: Idioms, ever and again, now and then; from time to time. Also, Literary, ever and anon.
ACTS: noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
evil: noun, that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
sene: noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
Orel: noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
sels: noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
Visc
visa: noun, an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
Acus: noun, Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
stun: noun, the act of stunning.
str.
IAEA
seis: noun, sei whale.
orcs: noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
iana
Orca: noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
IATA
sees: noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
seer: noun, a person who sees; observer.
virl: noun, ferrule (def 1).
sues: noun, Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
suet: noun, the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
Seen: verb, past participle of see1 .
Seel: verb (used with object), Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
Cres
vise: noun, any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
ctr.
oras: noun, plural of os2 .
Eula: noun, End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
etic: adjective, pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
Etna: noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
Eton: noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
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.
out-
Etta: noun, a female given name, form of Henrietta.
ette
cure: noun, a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
etui: noun, a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
cur.
Acta: plural noun, official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
Vito: noun, a male given name.
Vite: adverb, briskly; lively.
cunt: noun, the vulva or vagina.
Stir: noun, the act of stirring or moving.
cts.
Sere: noun, the series of stages in an ecological succession.
orra: adjective, not regular or scheduled; odd:
stot: noun, a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
VITA: noun, curriculum vitae (def 1).
Sera: noun, a plural of serum.
cues: noun, anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
cule
Evan: noun, a male given name, Welsh form of John.
Eur.
STOL: noun, a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
cult: noun, a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
Seri: noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
Eure: noun, a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
stoa: noun, Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
Cuna: noun, a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
suit: noun, a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
CATV
etc.
tael: noun, liang.
onus: noun, a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
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.
Tace: noun, tasset.
int.
Cote: noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
VINE: noun, any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
taco: noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
scut: noun, a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
tact: noun, a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
intl
SCSI: noun, a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
Ont.
Cost: noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
into: adjective, Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
inv.
Vins: noun, wine.
vin-
vila: noun, a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
tale: noun, a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
IOTA: noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
talc: noun, Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
VILE: adjective, wretchedly bad:
Tala: noun, a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
Vina: noun, a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
coss: noun, kos.
ions: noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
Iona: noun, an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
cose: verb (used without object), coze.
tain: noun, a thin tin plate.
scr.
tail: noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
oven: noun, a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
viol: noun, a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
ical
inae
ICAO
Ice.
Cree: noun, a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
ices: noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
Oran: noun, a seaport in NW Algeria.
sur-
Sura: noun, any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
Secs: noun, second2 (def 2).
ile-
sure: Idioms, for sure, as a certainty; surely:
crat
oral: noun, an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
Ilse: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Surt: noun, the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
Inc.
seal: noun, an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
inro: noun, a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
aer-
Suva: noun, a seaport in and the capital of Fiji, on Viti Levu island.
Coue: noun, Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
Sean: noun, a male given name, form of John.
sear: noun, a mark or scar made by searing.
ins.
SEAS: noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
Inca: noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
Oval: noun, an object of oval shape.
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.
cove: noun, a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
Susa: noun, a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
aeon: noun, (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
sec.
curl: noun, a coil or ringlet of hair.
ETAS: noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
vil.
eons: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
sole: noun, the bottom or under surface of the foot.
elev
sirs: noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
soln
sols: noun, the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
Elea: noun, an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
sire: noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
ELAS
Sion: noun, a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
elan: noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
sone: noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
Soni
Vote: noun, a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
sora: noun, a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
Eire: noun, the Irish name of Ireland.
SITA: noun, (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
ARCS: noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
sore: noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
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.
sori: noun, plural of sorus.
EEOC
sort: noun, a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
Sina: noun, a female given name.
sots: noun, a drunkard.
AAEE
osis
Soul: noun, the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
eous
Sour: noun, something that is sour.
ect-
Elia: noun, the pen name of Charles Lamb.
site: noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
Eric: noun, Eric the Red.
enl.
slot: noun, a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
OSSA: noun, plural of os1 .
slue: noun, the act of sluing.
sloe: noun, the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
enc.
slur: noun, a slurred utterance or sound.
slut: noun, Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
slit: noun, a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
ence
elve: noun, an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
SLIC
Elva: noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
snit: noun, an agitated or irritated state.
Vul.
enol: noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
sits: verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
Elsa: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Sola: noun, an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
Sol.
Elis: noun, an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
situ: noun, in situ.
soil: noun, the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
Siva: noun, Shiva.
Else: Idioms, or else, or suffer the consequences:
Enos: noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
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.
SOAR: noun, an act or instance of soaring.
Ens.
VTOL: noun, a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
Slav: noun, one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
snot: noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
Ecru: noun, an ecru color.
silt: noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
curn: noun, a grain.
ESIS
osar: noun, plural of os3 .
acr-
Erse: noun, Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
Ouse: noun, Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
voc.
Seve: noun, the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
cuve: noun, a wine vat.
erst: adverb, before the present time; formerly.
Ste.
Acre: noun, a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
Esau: noun, a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
sett: noun, Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
VLSI
cute: noun, the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
Seta: noun, a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
acne: noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
Curt: noun, a male given name, form of Curtis.
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).
Curr: verb (used without object), to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
Sert: noun, José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
Viva: noun, a shout of “viva.”.
curs: noun, a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
serv
Este: noun, a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
cuss: noun, curse word; oath.
est.
esse: noun, being; existence.
orts: noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
oust: verb (used with object), to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
eso-
esne: noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
ours: noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ACLU
eco-
eats: noun, eats, Informal. food.
silo: noun, a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
Sra.
1080
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).
Erin: noun, Literary. Ireland.
volt: noun, the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
acea
otic: adjective, of or relating to the ear; auricular.
Otis: noun, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
vole: noun, any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
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.
eave: noun, Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
Stan: noun, a male given name, form of Stanley.
ACLS
ease: noun, freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
acle: noun, the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
Acis: noun, the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
Earl: noun, a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
EARN: verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
errs: verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
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.
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.
Eros: noun, the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
Sian: noun, Older Spelling. Xian.
East: noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
sice: noun, syce.
sics: adverb, so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
Star: noun, any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
Osee: noun, Hosea.
ious
Taal: noun, Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
Cort
clan: noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
lasa: noun, Lhasa.
lase: verb (used without object), to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
LASS: noun, a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
SARA: noun, a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
Alco
Clea: noun, a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
last: noun, a person or thing that is last.
Lat.
late: Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
sane: noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
lats: noun, a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
Tess: noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
Laue: noun, Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
clar
Test: noun, the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
Cleo: noun, a female given name.
cis-
cire: noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
Lean: noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
lea.
Alec: noun, a herring.
Alea: noun, Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
tete: noun, a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
OEEC
lava: noun, the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.
cist: noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
lavs: noun, lavatory.
cit.
cite: noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
lave: noun, the remainder; the rest.
civ.
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.
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.
cir.
lair: noun, a den or resting place of a wild animal:
clou: noun, a major point of interest or attention.
Lani
Lane: noun, a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
Lana: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Alar: adjective, pertaining to or having wings; alary.
LAIS: noun, (in medieval French literature)
Oise: noun, a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
clot: noun, a mass or lump.
Tena: noun, Koyukon.
ten.
clue: noun, anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
Alan: noun, a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
lain: noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
Saul: noun, the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
Sato: noun, Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
tens: noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
Lars: noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
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.
Lari: noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
SASE
ter.
Sat.
Clio: noun, Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
clit: noun, clitoris.
IRAS: noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
CLOS: noun, a walled vineyard.
oils: noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
Cloe: noun, a female given name, form of Chloe.
sati: noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
Laos: noun, a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
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.
Laon: noun, a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
tets: noun, the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
cion: noun, scion (def 2).
Cnut: noun, Canute.
Oct.
ALIT: verb, a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
RACE: noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
vers
CerE: noun, a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
Alis
ocas: noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
ales: noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
toea: noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
Saar: noun, Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
tits: noun, a titmouse.
Saco: noun, a city in SW Maine.
Leno: noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
Tito: noun, Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
Sacs: noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
cera: noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
toil: noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
CERN
OATS: noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
tone: noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
less: noun, a smaller amount or quantity:
runs: noun, an act or instance, or a period of running:
runt: noun, an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
Rus.
Ruse: noun, a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
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.
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.
Leos: noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
tole: noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
Leon: noun, a male given name, form of Leo.
tola: noun, a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
aloe: noun, any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
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.
ovi-
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.
Lear: noun, learning; instruction; lesson.
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.
Cete: noun, a number of badgers together.
TINA: noun, a female given name.
vert: noun, English Forest Law. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer. the right to cut such vegetation.
tilt: noun, an act or instance of tilting.
tils: noun, the sesame plant.
Ceto
LEAS: noun, a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
cet-
alee: adverb, adjective, upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
sals: noun, salt1 .
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.
tics: noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
ciao: interjection, (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
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.
Ceta: noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
Tine: noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
Tit.
tire: noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
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.
Leis: noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
sain: verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
Tiro: noun, tyro.
tirl: noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
Sais: noun, an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
tion
leer: noun, a lascivious or sly look.
sala: noun, a large hall, living room, or reception room.
cess: noun, British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
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 .
tint: noun, a color or a variety of a color; hue.
Sale: noun, the act of selling.
Alai: noun, a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
LARC: noun, long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
coal: noun, a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
Cori: noun, Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Vic.
iter: noun, a canal or passage.
Isar: noun, a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
taur
Tarn: noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
sci.
Cole: noun, any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
Ainu: noun, a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
vias: noun, Architecture. a space between two mutules.
Tare: noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
COLA: noun, a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
Col.
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.
itol
Vial: noun, Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
scil
coir: noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
Tara: noun, a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
coin: noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
vets: noun, veterinarian.
tavs: noun, the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Aire
Taos: noun, a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
veto: noun, the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
tats: verb (used with or without object), to do, or make by, tatting.
oles: noun, a cry of “olé.”.
aet.
COLT: noun, a young male animal of the horse family.
isls
tart: noun, a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
Vict
ISSN
cone: noun, Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
Con.
Vico: noun, Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
scar: noun, a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
conv
Cor.
TASS: noun, a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
cols: noun, Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
Tate: noun, Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
Coln: noun, former German name of Cologne.
SCAN: noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
Cora: noun, Classical Mythology. Kore.
Olin: noun, a male given name.
Isle: noun, a small island.
tars: noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
ails: verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
Aiea: noun, a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
ains: noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
laic: noun, one of the laity.
Taro: noun, a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
airs: noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
iso-
Sava: noun, a river flowing E from W Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.
aesc: noun, ash2 (def 3).
Tane: noun, a Polynesian god of fertility.
tans: noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
teel: noun, til.
Ala.
aits: noun, a small island, especially in a river.
Save: noun, an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
Ire.
Ives: noun, Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
Ivor: noun, a male given name.
teen: noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
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.
vet.
Irra: noun, the Akkadian god of pestilence.
CORN: noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
once: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
coat: noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
iron: noun, Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
ole-
alae: noun, plural of ala.
Ivar: noun, a male or female given name.
lace: noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
Onas: noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
vest: noun, a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
saur
Oita: noun, a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
airt: noun, a direction.
coil: noun, a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
Ivan: noun, iwan.
teal: noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
Viet: noun, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
teat: noun, the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
lacs: noun, a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter. Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
tel-
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.
teil: noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
Tana: noun, thana.
tela: noun, a seaport in N Honduras.

3 letter words you can make with ultraconservatives

AES: noun, any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
OSS
an.
Ora: noun, plural of os2 .
NUL
Oc.
AUC
ail: verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
vie: verb (used with object), Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
REC: noun, recreation.
Ar.
VTO
OAU
OCR
Noe: noun, Noah (def 1).
ons
ac-
Vte
Rae: noun, John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
ONR
ONA: noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
av.
Oca: noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
ONI
Re.
RCS
VAN: noun, the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
OCS
al.
VTC
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.
Vt.
RAS: noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
VSS
AIC
OAT: noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
ANI: noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
VTR: noun, a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
one: noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
NUS: noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
ane: adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
AIA
ALS: noun, Indian mulberry.
Rai: noun, a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
ote
VOR
orc: noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
AEA
oar: noun, a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
Orv
ALC
VLA
AEC
vo.
ACV
nr.
VOA
oil: noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
NRA
Vee: noun, anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
NRC
ae.
VCR
NSA
ait: noun, a small island, especially in a river.
RAN: noun, a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
ORT: noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
OIt
Orr: noun, Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
ANU: noun, a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
ACT: noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
ALU
vis: noun, strength; force; power.
Ola
ACS
OTC
VAV: noun, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
OIr
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.
Ore: noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
oic
AOA
Von: preposition, from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
RCT
ACE: noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
ov-
OTA
ot-
Ain: noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
Ova: noun, plural of ovum.
AAU
Ver
REA
AAS: noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
ans: noun, the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
Aar
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.
ANC
AAE
ARC: noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
ARA: noun, the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
NSC
oui: adverb, noun, yes.
OSA
aor
our: noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
OAS
AIR: noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
Via: noun, Architecture. a space between two mutules.
vol
OTS
RCA
OES: noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
ose
NSU
VIR: noun, husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
RCN
AOU
ale: noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
en-
NOC
Tan: noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
ion: noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
COS: noun, romaine.
ior
TAL
Ios: noun, a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
IOT
IOU
Ir.
IRC
IRL
Tai: noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
IRO
IRS
Is.: noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
TAO: noun, (in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
TAR: noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
ISA
ise
Isl
ISR
ist
IOC
TAE: preposition, to.
TAT: verb (used with or without object), to do, or make by, tatting.
ILO
SEI: noun, sei whale.
Sue: noun, Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
Sui: noun, a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
See: noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
ICA: noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
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.
ier
il-
ILA: noun, a town in SW Nigeria.
ILS
SCS
in.
ina: noun, a female given name.
Sus
ine
SVC
sea: noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
SVR
SVS
se-
COT: noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
ISV
ITA
ian: noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
LCT
CLI
Las: noun, the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
SAR
cle
TES: noun, ti1 .
San: noun, a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
tet: noun, the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
LCA
LCI
TIA
LAR: noun, (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
CIE
TIC: noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
CIA
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.
Lee: noun, protective shelter:
Sal: noun, salt1 .
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.
SAE
SAC: noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
Clo
LAO: noun, a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
ITC
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.
ite
TAU: noun, the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
sc.
ITO: noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
Tav: noun, the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
ITV
IUS
Iva: noun, any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
TCA
TCS
La.
Sau: noun, German name of Sava.
Lt.
TEC: noun, detective.
tee: noun, the letter T or t.
LAC: noun, a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter. Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
Lae: noun, a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
Lai: noun, (in medieval French literature)
CNS
CNO
CLU
CLR
IAS
ial
SRO
SSE
ECU: noun, the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
ERA: noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
ERE: preposition, conjunction, before.
Sr.
SRI: noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
SRS
ss.
SSA
SSC
SSI
Sou: noun, (formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
SSN
SSR
SST
St.
Sta
ECA
ec-
eat: noun, eats, Informal. food.
SIC: adverb, so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
err: verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
Sin: noun, transgression of divine law:
sot: noun, a drunkard.
ERS: noun, ervil.
sis: noun, sister.
SLR
ene
SLE
SNU
SOC: noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
els: noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
SLA
SIT: verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
Eli: noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
env
SOS: noun, any call for help:
SIR: noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
Son: noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
EOE
eon: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
EIS
eir
EOS: noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
EEO
EEL: noun, any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
EEC
EAS: noun, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
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.
STV
Eve: noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
cue: noun, anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
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).
ctn: plural, carton.
cte
CTA
CST
CSR
CSO
CSA
cru: noun, (in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
EVA: noun, a female given name, form of Eve.
CRT
CRS
SEN: noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
ics
IRA: noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
Stu: noun, a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
ITU
io-
Ia.
SEL: noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
Cui: noun, César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
STL
ean
Cut: noun, the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
EAA
ea.
ETA: noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
eo-
CVT
CVA
ERT
ERV
ESA
Esc
ese
eu-
ESL
ESR
SES: noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
ess: noun, the letter S, s.
ESU
ETO
ETR
ETS
STI
ETV
SAA
lav: noun, lavatory.
Tiu: noun, an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
ATS: noun, a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
UAE
UCR
UIT
Luo: noun, a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
ule: noun, caucho.
ult
luv: noun, love.
lv.
Una: noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
unc
USA
NCO
NUT: noun, a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
NAA
nae: adverb, no1 ; not.
Une
ATC
ATA
at.
ASV
USS
UAR
ASU
LSC
TSS
TTS
Tu.
tue
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.
Lou: noun, a male given name, form of Louis.
tun: noun, a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
AVC
Ava: noun, a female given name.
a-v
TVA
LSI
LSS
LST
LTA
Tiv: noun, a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
ltr
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.
Tut: noun, an exclamation of “tut.”.
AUA
ATV
UNO
res: noun, an object or thing; matter.
TSI
Va.
Uta: noun, any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
UTC
UTE: noun, Informal. a utility vehicle.
ARU
uti
NES
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.
Ree: noun, reeve3 .
uva: noun, ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
vs.
USR
vv.
V-1: noun, a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
V-2: noun, a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
VAC: noun, vacuum cleaner.
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:
ARS
NIA
NIC: noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
Nil: noun, nothing; naught; zero.
nit: noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
USV
USO
uns
NEC
ast
Nat: noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
ur-
ASS: noun, a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
ASR
Aso: noun, Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
ASN
ne-
NEA
ure
ARV: noun, a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
Nee: adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
ASI
Uri: noun, a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
ase
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.
ASA: noun, a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
USC
USE: noun, the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
USN
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.
CAR: noun, an automobile.
leu: noun, a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
CAS: verb (used with or without object), to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
tr.
toe: noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
tra
Lia: noun, Leah (def 1).
ROT: noun, the process of rotting.
Lie: noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
ROI
CEO
ROE: noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
ROC: noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
ROA
RNR
RNA
RSV
lis: noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
tot: noun, a small child.
TSE
Ria: noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
CEA
RSS
rt.
rte
RTS
RSE
Tor: noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
let: noun, British. a lease.
Rue: noun, sorrow; repentance; regret.
rut: noun, a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
RSA
run: noun, an act or instance, or a period of running:
ton: noun, a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
Les
Rs.
Ler: noun, the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
LEO: noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
rin: noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
Lir: noun, Ler.
cee: noun, the letter C.
CVO
CAA
tlr
CAI
LON
ct.
Tro
LOE: noun, verb (used with or without object), love.
tlo
cs.
TLC
cr.
Co.
cl.
CIO: noun, a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
LOC
ca.
So.
TNT
Avo: noun, a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
Avi
Lot: noun, one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.

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VU
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.
SN
RU
NL
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.
TL
VC
R.
AO
TI: noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
VI
V.
AU: plural, to the; at the; with the.
VR
SL
le
RI
SA
el: noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
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.
RN
AA: noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
S.
TN
No: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
RC
RV
RA: noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
SV
L2
ic
UI
UV
ln
OE: noun, oy2 .
UC
LO: adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
U.
TV: noun, television.
i.
IV: noun, an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
UL
LU: noun, a male or female given name, form of Lou.
SU
O.
NV
LR
CE
TA: noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
T1
t.
TT
CU
RO
ol
ee
SI: noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
L1
OU: noun, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
LI: noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
LC
L.
EV
TE: noun, ti1 .
er: interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
EI
E.: noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
OA
TC
CV
VN
VL
NI
NC
et: verb, a simple past tense of eat.
NA: adverb, no1 .
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.
N.
NU: noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).

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