Anagrams of ultrahigh-frequency
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- high-frequency
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noun,
the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- great-uncle
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noun,
a granduncle.
- glycerinate
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noun,
any salt of glyceric acid.
- agriculture
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noun,
the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.
- rifle-range
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noun,
a firing range for practice with rifles.
- furtherance
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noun,
the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- Neufchatel
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noun,
a soft, white cheese similar to cream cheese, made from whole or partly skimmed milk in Neufchâtel, a town in N France.
- funiculate
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adjective,
having a funicle.
- Fahrenheit
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noun,
Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- geniculate
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adjective,
having kneelike joints or bends.
- genethliac
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adjective,
of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- light-year
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noun,
Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- refractile
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adjective,
refractive (def 2).
- generality
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noun,
an indefinite, unspecific, or undetailed statement:
- Argenteuil
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noun,
a city in N France, on the Seine near Paris.
- creaturely
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adjective,
creatural.
- half-quire
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noun,
12 uniform sheets of paper.
- feathering
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noun,
a covering of feathers; plumage.
- Catherine
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noun,
a female given name.
- rancherie
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noun,
an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
- hurricane
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noun,
a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec).
Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- funicular
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noun,
funicular railway.
- true-life
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adjective,
similar to everyday life; realistic:
- frugality
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noun,
the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness:
- crane-fly
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noun,
any of numerous nonbiting insects constituting the family Tipulidae, inhabiting damp areas and resembling a large mosquito with extremely long legs.
- fratching
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noun,
a quarrel; disagreement; argument.
- frequency
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noun,
Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence:
- freighter
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noun,
a vessel used mainly for carrying cargo.
- quercetin
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 15 H 10 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the quercitron and other vegetable substances, used as a yellow dye; flavin.
- unhealthy
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adjective,
not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- flue-cure
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verb (used with object),
to dry or cure by warm air that has been passed through flues.
- interlace
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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.
- interleaf
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noun,
an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
- centurial
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adjective,
pertaining to a century.
- fire-cure
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verb (used with object),
to cure (tobacco) by means of open fires, the smoke and flame imparting a creosotic flavor.
- certainly
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adverb,
with certainty; without doubt; assuredly:
- unreality
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noun,
lack of reality; quality of being unreal:
- lace-fern
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noun,
a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- figurante
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noun,
a ballerina who does not perform solo.
- garniture
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noun,
something that garnishes; decoration; adornment.
- calenture
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noun,
Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
- gaucherie
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noun,
lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- reliquary
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noun,
a repository or receptacle for relics.
- half-turn
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noun,
a 180-degree turn; a direct reversal of direction or orientation, as from front to back or left to right.
- half-inch
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noun,
a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).
- half-cent
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noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., equal to one-half cent, issued at various periods between 1793 and 1857.
- refulgent
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adjective,
shining brightly; radiant; gleaming:
- ultrahigh
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adjective,
extremely high:
- rehearing
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noun,
a second presentation of the evidence and arguments of a case before the court of original presentation.
- reheating
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noun,
heating again.
- Haut-Rhin
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noun,
a department in NE France. 1354 sq. mi. (3505 sq. km). Capital: Colmar.
- graticule
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noun,
Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- granulite
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noun,
a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- heatingly
-
- unearthly
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adjective,
seeming not to belong to this earth or world:
- glycerite
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noun,
a preparation of a medicinal substance dissolved in or mixed with glycerin.
- Gauleiter
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noun,
the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- Herculean
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adjective,
requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform:
- heretical
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heritance
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noun,
inheritance.
- rectangle
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noun,
a parallelogram having four right angles.
- reticular
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adjective,
having the form of a net; netlike.
- Gericault
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noun,
(Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- unethical
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adjective,
lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- genuflect
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verb (used without object),
to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
- hierarchy
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noun,
any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- changeful
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adjective,
full of changes; variable; inconstant.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- generalcy
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noun,
the office or tenure of a general.
- teacherly
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adjective,
characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- interface
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noun,
a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- Cytherean
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adjective,
of or relating to Cytherea.
- teniafuge
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noun,
an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- electrify
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verb (used with object),
to charge with or subject to electricity; apply electricity to.
- thylacine
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noun,
a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- aetheling
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noun,
atheling.
- lich-gate
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noun,
a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- Thuringer
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noun,
a mildly seasoned cervelat, either fresh or smoked.
- technique
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noun,
the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
- currently
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adverb,
at the presenttime; now:
- treachery
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noun,
violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason.
- ethnarchy
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noun,
the government, office, or jurisdiction of an ethnarch.
- earthling
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noun,
an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
- curtilage
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noun,
the area of land occupied by a dwelling and its yard and outbuildings, actually enclosed or considered as enclosed.
- lethargic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- crenulate
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adjective,
minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- crenature
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noun,
a crenation.
- electuary
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noun,
a pasty mass composed of a medicine, usually in powder form, mixed in a palatable medium, as syrup, honey, or other sweet substance: used especially for animals and administered by application to the teeth, tongue, or gums.
- clientage
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noun,
a body of clients; clientele.
- utricular
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a utricle; baglike.
- terracing
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noun,
something formed as a terrace.
- Neuchatel
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noun,
a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- eutherian
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noun,
a eutherian animal.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- Traherne
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noun,
Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.
- requital
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noun,
the act of requiting.
- renature
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verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- relucent
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adjective,
shining; bright.
- reticule
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- gentrice
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noun,
gentility; high birth.
- retinula
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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.
- elegancy
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noun,
elegance.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- gentrify
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verb (used with object),
to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geniture
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noun,
birth; generation.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- enlarger
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noun,
an apparatus used for making projection prints, having a head for holding, illuminating, and projecting a film negative and a bed for holding a sheet of sensitized printing paper.
- churinga
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noun,
an object carved from wood or stone by Aboriginal tribes in central Australia and held by them to be sacred.
- entirely
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adverb,
wholly or fully; completely or unreservedly:
- Chretien
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noun,
Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
- tranquil
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adjective,
free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm:
- genearch
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noun,
a chief of a family or tribe.
- cinerary
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adjective,
holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies:
- Changteh
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noun,
Changde.
- glycerin
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noun,
glycerol.
- Gretchen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- creatine
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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.
- creature
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noun,
an animal, especially a nonhuman:
- argentic
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adjective,
of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.
- regality
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noun,
royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- clearing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.
- culinary
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adjective,
of, relating to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
- regulate
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verb (used with object),
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.:
- reguline
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.
- cultigen
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noun,
a cultivated plant of unknown or obscure taxonomic origin.
- Guernica
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noun,
Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- thurifer
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noun,
a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
- ulcerate
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- Guarneri
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noun,
Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- Grenache
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noun,
a variety of grape used in winemaking, especially for table wines in the Rhône Valley of France and for a type of rosé in California.
- eighthly
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adverb,
in the eighth place; eighth.
- greenfly
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noun,
an aphid, Coloradoa rufomaculata, that is an important pest of chrysanthemums.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- relaunch
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noun,
an act or instance of launching something again.
- atheling
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noun,
a man of royal blood; a prince.
- atherine
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noun,
an atherine fish.
- grateful
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adjective,
warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful:
- turrical
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a turret.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- graceful
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adjective,
characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant:
- echinate
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adjective,
bristly; prickly.
- Reuchlin
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noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- Cytherea
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noun,
Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- thearchy
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noun,
the rule or government of God or of a god.
- retrench
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verb (used with object),
to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- trauchle
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noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- Rheingau
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noun,
a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- Charlyne
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Charline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Fletcher
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noun,
a person who makes arrows.
- ruthenic
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adjective,
containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- fleeting
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adjective,
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory:
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- Charlene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Taichung
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noun,
a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- farthing
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- fauteuil
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noun,
French Furniture. an upholstered armchair, especially one with open sides.
- fine-cut
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adjective,
cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut):
- cerulean
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adjective, noun,
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
- filagree
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noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
filigree.
- teiglach
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noun,
a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- Charente
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noun,
a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
- figurant
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noun,
a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- feathery
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adjective,
clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- figeater
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noun,
green June beetle.
- Fichtean
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noun,
an adherent or advocate of this philosophy.
- triarchy
-
noun,
government by three persons.
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- fetching
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noun,
the act of fetching.
- ferriage
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noun,
conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
- trencher
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noun,
a person or thing that digs trenches.
- chanteur
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noun,
a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- teach-in
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching
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noun,
the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- Ruthenia
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noun,
a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- hangfire
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noun,
a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- feculent
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adjective,
full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- Equality
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noun,
the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability:
- Erlanger
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noun,
Joseph, 1874–1965, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
- rightful
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adjective,
having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate:
- Carnegie
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noun,
Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- etherify
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verb (used with object),
to convert into an ether.
- funereal
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adjective,
of or suitable for a funeral.
- funerary
-
adjective,
of or relating to a funeral or burial:
- carry-in
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noun,
an appliance or machine, as a television set or a personal computer, portable enough to be taken to a store for repair.
- Rinehart
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noun,
Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ethnarch
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- fruitage
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noun,
the bearing of fruit:
- frighten
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verb (used with object),
to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- flichter
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verb (used without object),
(of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
- frequent
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adjective,
happening or occurring at short intervals:
- ethnical
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adjective,
ethnic.
- frenetic
-
adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- ceinture
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- celature
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noun,
the art of embossing metal.
- Fraulein
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noun,
an unmarried woman.
- Euryclea
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) the nurse of Telemachus who recognized the disguised Odysseus by a scar on his leg.
- celerity
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noun,
swiftness; speed.
- fracture
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- centaury
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, having clusters of small pink or red flowers.
- cheerful
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adjective,
full of cheer; in good spirits:
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- rurality
-
noun,
rural character.
- fanlight
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noun,
a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- uncharge
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verb (used with object),
to acquit.
- claqueur
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noun,
a member of a claque.
- archlute
-
noun,
a lute with two pegboxes, one for the stopped strings and the other for the bass strings, which run outside the fingerboard.
- yearling
-
noun,
an animal in its second year.
- quantile
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noun,
one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- quartern
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noun,
a quarter, or a fourth part, especially of certain weights and measures, as of a pound, ounce, peck, or pint.
- Haringey
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- interlay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- integral
-
noun,
an integral whole.
- ingather
-
verb (used with object),
to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- Alchuine
-
noun,
Alcuin.
- quercine
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adjective,
of or relating to an oak.
- ungulate
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- Algerine
-
noun,
Algerian.
- Rayleigh
-
noun,
John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- quantify
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verb (used with object),
to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- yachting
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noun,
the practice or sport of sailing or voyaging in a yacht.
- hungerly
-
adjective,
marked by a hungry look.
- recharge
-
noun,
an act or instance of recharging.
- hierurgy
-
noun,
a holy act or rite of worship.
- hierarch
-
noun,
a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
- recliner
-
noun,
a person or thing that reclines.
- recreant
-
noun,
a coward.
- Hyacinth
-
noun,
a bulbous plant, Hyacinthus orientalis, of the lily family, widely cultivated for its cylindrical cluster of fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- Heuchera
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noun,
any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.
- herniate
-
verb (used without object),
to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- heritage
-
noun,
something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition:
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- nugacity
-
noun,
triviality; insignificance.
- Hegelian
-
noun,
a person who accepts the philosophical principles of Hegel.
- legerity
-
noun,
physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
- Lucretia
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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.
- Lutheran
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noun,
a follower of Luther or an adherent of his doctrines; a member of the Lutheran Church.
- litharge
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noun,
a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- literary
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature:
- ace-high
-
adjective,
(of a poker hand) having an ace as the highest card.
- literacy
-
noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- narghile
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- ligeance
-
noun,
Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- ligature
-
noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- lientery
-
noun,
a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.
- lethargy
-
noun,
the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- Laguerre
-
noun,
Edmond-Nicolas [ed-mawn-nee-kaw-lah] /ɛd mɔ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, French mathematician.
- urethane
-
noun,
any derivative of carbamic acid having the formula CH 2 NO 2 R.
- nycturia
-
noun,
nocturia.
- lecturer
-
noun,
a person who lectures.
- leathern
-
adjective,
made of leather.
- leathery
-
adjective,
like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
- 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).
- launcher
-
noun,
a person or thing that launches.
- laughter
-
noun,
the action or sound of laughing.
- latching
-
noun,
any of the loops by which a bonnet is attached to a sail.
- larcener
-
noun,
a person who commits larceny.
- layering
-
noun,
the wearing of lightweight or unconstructed garments one upon the other, as to create a fashionable ensemble or to provide warmth without undue bulkiness or heaviness.
- nucleate
-
adjective,
having a nucleus.
- heighten
-
verb (used with object),
to increase the height of; make higher.
- quartile
-
noun,
Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies.
Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- re-trace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- refluent
-
adjective,
flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- hatching
-
noun,
hachure (def 2).
- antiquer
-
noun,
a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- heartily
-
adverb,
in a hearty manner; cordially:
- hatchery
-
noun,
a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- heathery
-
adjective,
of or like heather.
- hauynite
-
noun,
a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- Hartline
-
noun,
Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- refinery
-
noun,
an establishment for refining something, as metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- terefah
-
noun,
tref.
- facient
-
- Euglena
-
noun,
a genus of green freshwater protozoans having a reddish eyespot and a single flagellum, found especially in stagnant waters.
- lechery
-
noun,
unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.
- Guthrie
-
noun,
A(lfred) B(ertram), Jr. 1901–91, U.S. novelist.
- regular
-
noun,
a long-standing or habitual customer or client:
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Tenafly
-
noun,
a borough in NE New Jersey.
- errancy
-
noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- Eugenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “nobility.”.
- Terhune
-
noun,
Albert Payson [pey-suh n] /ˈpeɪ sən/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- leather
-
noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- facture
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- faculty
-
noun,
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
- learner
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- 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.
- eugenic
-
adjective,
of or bringing about improvement in the type of offspring produced.
- errhine
-
noun,
a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- hachure
-
noun,
one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
- etching
-
noun,
the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
- hateful
-
adjective,
arousing hate or deserving to be hated:
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- Regency
-
noun,
the office, jurisdiction, or control of a regent or body of regents exercising the ruling power during the minority, absence, or disability of a sovereign.
- ethical
-
adjective,
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- ethylic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ethyl group.
- regrate
-
verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- eucrite
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- lecture
-
noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- Etruria
-
noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- tequila
-
noun,
a strong liquor from Mexico, distilled from fermented mash of an agave.
- failure
-
noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- 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.
- Euchite
-
noun,
a member of a mendicant, ascetic sect living chiefly in Syria and Mesopotamia in the 4th–7th centuries a.d., and holding a belief that the demon in each person can be expelled only by ceaseless prayer.
- faience
-
noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- farceur
-
noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- fancier
-
noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- feeling
-
noun,
the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- feature
-
noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- tearing
-
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.
- Fechner
-
noun,
Gustav Theodor [goo s-tahf tey-aw-dawr] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.
- lathery
-
adjective,
consisting of, covered with, or capable of producing lather.
- nylghau
-
noun,
nilgai.
- tearful
-
adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- latency
-
noun,
the state of being latent.
- laryng-
-
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- larceny
-
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.
- felting
-
noun,
felted material, either woven or felt fabric.
- refract
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- fenagle
-
verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- languet
-
noun,
any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- lathing
-
noun,
the act or process of applying lath.
- nylghai
-
noun,
nilgai.
- Faneuil
-
noun,
Peter, 1700–43, American merchant: builder of Faneuil Hall.
- tegular
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a tile.
- leaguer
-
noun,
a member of a league.
- nightly
-
adverb,
on every night:
- 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.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- Laurier
-
noun,
Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
- Teheran
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- Gunther
-
noun,
John, 1901–1970, U.S. journalist and author.
- farther
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- feather
-
noun,
one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- Laureen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- fatigue
-
noun,
weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- fatling
-
noun,
a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.
- faunule
-
- gunfire
-
noun,
the firing of a gun or guns.
- haughty
-
adjective,
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious:
- laugher
-
noun,
a person who laughs.
- Legnica
-
noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- equerry
-
noun,
an officer of a royal or similar household, charged with the care of the horses.
- ternary
-
noun,
a group of three.
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- Thurgau
-
noun,
a canton in NE Switzerland. 388 sq. mi. (1005 sq. km). Capital: Frauenfeld.
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- hatchel
-
noun,
hackle1 (def 5).
- cutlery
-
noun,
cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- cutline
-
noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- earring
-
noun,
an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
- earthly
-
adjective,
of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- currant
-
noun,
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
- liqueur
-
noun,
any of a class of alcoholic liquors, usually strong, sweet, and highly flavored, as Chartreuse or curaçao, generally served after dinner; cordial.
- liquefy
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become liquid.
- liquate
-
verb (used with object),
to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.
- naughty
-
adjective,
disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children):
- theurgy
-
noun,
a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- therian
-
noun,
a therian animal.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- current
-
noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- Hartley
-
noun,
David, 1705–57, English physician and philosopher.
- egalite
-
noun,
equality.
- cringle
-
noun,
an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
- lurcher
-
noun,
a crossbred dog used especially by poachers.
- lunatic
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- halting
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Lucifer
-
noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- refugia
-
noun,
an area where special environmental circumstances have enabled a species or a community of species to survive after extinction in surrounding areas.
- Lucerne
-
noun,
alfalfa.
- cruelty
-
noun,
the state or quality of being cruel.
- Harriet
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- luthern
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- lucarne
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- luthier
-
noun,
a maker of stringed instruments, as violins.
- culture
-
noun,
the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- cuneate
-
adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- curling
-
noun,
a game played on ice in which two teams of four players each compete in sliding large stones toward a mark in the center of a circle.
Compare house (def 20).
- liturgy
-
noun,
a form of public worship; ritual.
- therein
-
adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- Theiler
-
noun,
Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- leucite
-
noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- neither
-
pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- enquire
-
verb (used with or without object),
inquire.
- enquiry
-
noun,
inquiry.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- enthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- enlarge
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- 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;
- haylift
-
noun,
an airlift of hay for animals that have been snowed in.
- lengthy
-
adjective,
having or being of great length; very long:
- neurula
-
noun,
an embryo in the stage of development in which part of the ectoderm is differentiated into neural tissue and in which the neural tube, which develops into the brain and spinal cord, is formed.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- Equanil
-
- ferrate
-
noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- 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.
- neglect
-
noun,
an act or instance of neglecting; disregard; negligence:
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- Ehrlich
-
noun,
Paul [poul] /paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1915, German physician, bacteriologist, and chemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1908.
- lighten
-
verb (used with object),
to give light to; illuminate:
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lineage
-
noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- electr-
-
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- lighter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lights or ignites.
- refrain
-
noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- engrail
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- elegant
-
adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- elegiac
-
noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- haircut
-
noun,
an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- terrify
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- nectary
-
noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- engraft
-
verb (used with object),
Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
- fernery
-
noun,
a collection of ferns in a garden or a potted display.
- gracile
-
adjective,
gracefully slender.
- Langtry
-
noun,
Lillie [lil-ee] /ˈlɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Emily Charlotte Le Breton"the Jersey Lily") 1852–1929, English actress.
- Reuther
-
noun,
Walter Philip, 1907–70, U.S. labor leader: president of the UAW 1946–70; president of the CIO 1952–55.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Hungary
-
noun,
a republic in central Europe. 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Capital: Budapest.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- gauntry
-
noun,
gantry.
- Gautier
-
noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- Rhetian
-
noun,
Raetic.
- raunchy
-
adjective,
vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene:
- gelatin
-
noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- Galenic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- reality
-
noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- geneal.
-
- hit-run
-
adjective,
hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
- general
-
noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- gratify
-
verb (used with object),
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings:
- galerie
-
noun,
gallery (def 8).
- gainful
-
adjective,
profitable; lucrative:
- hygiene
-
noun,
Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- furcula
-
noun,
the forked clavicular bone of a bird; wishbone.
- rafting
-
noun,
the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- funicle
-
noun,
the stalk of an ovule or seed.
- Raleigh
-
noun,
Sir Walter. Also, Ralegh, 1552?–1618, English explorer and writer, a favorite of Elizabeth I.
- rancher
-
noun,
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- hearing
-
noun,
the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- furcate
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- hurtful
-
adjective,
causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
- Richter
-
noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- righter
-
noun,
a person who rights or redresses:
- furnace
-
noun,
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- furring
-
noun,
the act of lining, trimming, or clothing with fur:
- further
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- Hurrian
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people, sometimes identified with the Horites, who lived in the Middle East during the 2nd and 3rd millenniums b.c. and who established the Mitanni kingdom about 1400 b.c.
- riflery
-
noun,
the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles.
- hurling
-
noun,
the act of throwing or casting, especially with great force or strength.
- gahnite
-
noun,
a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- generic
-
noun,
a generic term.
- rightly
-
adverb,
in accordance with truth or fact; correctly:
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- rectify
-
verb (used with object),
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct:
- require
-
verb (used with object),
to have need of; need:
- gynecia
-
noun,
gynoecium.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Herring
-
noun,
an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
- glacier
-
noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- granule
-
noun,
a little grain.
- heretic
-
noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- Herault
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
- Glycine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, H 2 NCH 2 COOH, the simplest amino acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis and biochemical research. Symbol: G. Abbreviation: Gly;
- relique
-
noun,
relic.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- gnathic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the jaw.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- requite
-
verb (used with object),
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- retiary
-
adjective,
using a net or any entangling device.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- hyalite
-
noun,
a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass, and sometimes whitish and translucent.
- genetic
-
adjective,
Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- genital
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- heathen
-
noun,
(in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- Heather
-
noun,
any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Tingley
-
noun,
Katherine Augusta Westcott [wes-kuh t] /ˈwɛs kət/ (Show IPA), 1847–1929, U.S. theosophist leader.
- Giauque
-
noun,
William Francis, 1895–1982, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1949.
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- hyaline
-
noun,
Also, hyalin, H04/H0454500 hahy-uh-lin, ˈhaɪ ə lɪn. Biochemistry.
a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin.
a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- 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.
- recruit
-
noun,
a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- H-hinge
-
noun,
a strap hinge having the form of an H with the joint in the crossbar.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- funeral
-
noun,
the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- fulgent
-
adjective,
shining brightly; dazzling; resplendent:
- ferrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- inthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- flaneur
-
noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- flaring
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flaunty
-
adjective,
(of persons) given to display; inclined to be ostentatious, showy, or vain.
- ruthful
-
adjective,
compassionate or sorrowful.
- Gruyere
-
noun,
a firm, pale-yellow cheese, made of whole milk and having small holes, produced chiefly in France and Switzerland.
- quartic
-
noun,
Also called biquadratic. a quartic polynomial or equation.
- grifter
-
noun,
a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
- healing
-
noun,
the act or process of regaining health:
- grunter
-
noun,
a hog.
- flighty
-
adjective,
given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- fly-net
-
noun,
a net or fringe to protect a horse from flies or other insects.
- flinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that flings.
- queenly
-
adjective,
belonging or proper to a queen:
- flytier
-
noun,
a person who makes artificial lures for fly-fishing.
- inhaler
-
noun,
an apparatus or device used in inhaling medicinal vapors, anesthetics, etc.
- quarter
-
noun,
one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided:
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- flueric
-
noun,
fluidics.
- fighter
-
noun,
a boxer; pugilist.
- fertile
-
adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- haulier
-
noun,
hauler.
- fiancee
-
noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- nuclear
-
noun,
nuclear energy:
- hauteur
-
noun,
haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- guerite
-
noun,
a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
- figural
-
adjective,
consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures:
- reflect
-
verb (used with object),
to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface:
- lacquer
-
noun,
a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- Lachine
-
noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- nuraghe
-
noun,
any of the large, tower-shaped, prehistoric stone structures found in Sardinia and dating from the second millennium b.c. to the Roman conquest.
- nurture
-
noun,
rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like.
- qualify
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent:
- finagle
-
verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- quality
-
noun,
an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute:
- quantic
-
noun,
a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- ingraft
-
verb (used with object),
engraft.
- yealing
-
noun,
a person of the same age as oneself.
- quinate
-
adjective,
arranged in groups of five.
- Grecian
-
noun,
a Greek.
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- quieten
-
verb (used with object),
to make quiet.
- ruching
-
noun,
material for making a ruche.
- friarly
-
adjective,
of or relating to friars.
- quinary
-
noun,
a number in a quinary system.
- frigate
-
noun,
a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- Freneau
-
noun,
Philip, 1752–1832, U.S. poet and editor.
- greatly
-
adverb,
in or to a great degree; much:
- quintal
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
- Greater
-
noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- fruiter
-
noun,
a cargo vessel carrying fruit.
- racquet
-
noun,
racquets, (used with a singular verb) a game played with rackets and a ball by two or four persons on a four-walled court.
- Fuegian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tierra del Fuego.
- Fuehrer
-
noun,
Führer.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- healthy
-
adjective,
possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality:
- Frenchy
-
noun,
Informal. a native or inhabitant of France or a person of French descent.
- fluting
-
noun,
something having ornamental grooves, as a Greek column.
- greenth
-
noun,
green growth; verdure.
- fractur
-
noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- greyhen
-
noun,
the female of the black grouse.
- fragile
-
adjective,
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail:
- frailty
-
noun,
the quality or state of being frail.
- Francie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- frantic
-
adjective,
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- fraught
-
noun,
Scot. a load; cargo; freight (of a ship).
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- infract
-
verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- inflect
-
verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- Frechet
-
noun,
René Maurice [ruh-ney maw-rees] /rəˈneɪ mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1878–1973, French mathematician.
- infarct
-
noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- freight
-
noun,
goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- Quercia
-
noun,
Jacopo Della [yah-kaw-paw del-lah] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1374?–1438, Italian sculptor.
- Freytag
-
noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1816–95, German novelist, playwright, and journalist.
- ferrule
-
noun,
a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- reentry
-
noun,
an act of reentering.
- centri-
-
- Century
-
noun,
a period of 100 years.
- chunter
-
verb (used without object),
to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- Angelic
-
adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- angerly
-
adverb,
Archaic. angrily.
- tranche
-
noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- Anglice
-
adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- Anglify
-
verb (used with object),
(sometimes lowercase) to Anglicize.
- Anguier
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1604–69, and his brother Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1614–86, French sculptors.
- unequal
-
noun,
unequals, persons or things not equal to each other:
- unearth
-
verb (used with object),
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- Chilung
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. a seaport on the N coast of Taiwan.
- unfaith
-
noun,
lack of faith, especially religious faith; unbelief.
- anticly
-
adverb,
in an antic manner.
- chiefly
-
adverb,
primarily; essentially:
- antique
-
noun,
any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- aquifer
-
noun,
any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, especially one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc.
- archery
-
noun,
the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
- archine
-
noun,
arshin.
- arching
-
noun,
arched work or formation.
- archit.
-
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- chutney
-
noun,
a sauce or relish of East Indian origin, often compounded of both sweet and sour ingredients, as fruits and herbs, with spices and other seasoning.
- cheneau
-
noun,
an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping.
- uniface
-
noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- unteach
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching.
- unquiet
-
noun,
a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.:
- unlatch
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten (a door, window shutter, etc.) by lifting the latch.
- tracery
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- Cythera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- trachy-
-
- unitary
-
adjective,
of or relating to a unit or units.
- trachle
-
noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- unitage
-
noun,
specification of the amount making up a unit in a system of measurement.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- unhitch
-
verb (used with object),
to free from attachment; unfasten:
- tracing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- ungular
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of an ungula; ungual.
- algetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- Cynthia
-
noun,
Artemis: so called from her birth on Mt. Cynthus, on Delos.
- 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.
- cyanite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- alright
-
adverb,
all right.
- Althing
-
noun,
the parliament of Iceland, consisting of an upper and a lower house.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- Chenier
-
noun,
a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- chelate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- certify
-
verb (used with object),
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm:
- chagrin
-
noun,
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- careful
-
adjective,
cautious in one's actions:
- triaryl
-
adjective,
containing three aryl groups.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carling
-
noun,
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
- carnify
-
verb (used with object),
to form or turn into flesh.
- 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.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- truancy
-
noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- cauline
-
adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- cautery
-
noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- tringle
-
noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- trinary
-
adjective,
consisting of three parts, or proceeding by three; ternary.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- 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.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Trigere
-
noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- tuneful
-
adjective,
full of melody; melodious:
- cheetah
-
noun,
a cat, Acinonyx jubatus, of southwestern Asia and Africa, resembling a leopard but having certain doglike characteristics, often trained for hunting deer, antelope, etc.: an endangered species.
- Charley
-
noun,
Victor Charlie.
- cheerly
-
adverb,
Archaic. cheerily; cheeringly.
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- arteri-
-
- charter
-
noun,
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- 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.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- atingle
-
adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- charqui
-
noun,
jerky2 .
- charnel
-
noun,
a repository for dead bodies.
- Charlie
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- Charity
-
noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- tunicle
-
noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- charily
-
adverb,
carefully; warily.
- turnery
-
noun,
the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
- charger
-
noun,
a person or thing that charges.
- 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.
- Chanute
-
noun,
a town in SE Kansas.
- chantry
-
noun,
an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
- Auteuil
-
noun,
a former town, now part of Paris, France: noted for residences of Boileau, Talleyrand, Molière, La Fontaine, and other eminent people.
- chanter
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- chantey
-
noun,
a sailors' song, especially one sung in rhythm to work.
- changer
-
noun,
a person or thing that changes something.
- clanger
-
noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- Antheil
-
noun,
George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
- acetify
-
verb (used with or without object),
to turn into vinegar; make or become acetous.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- urethra
-
noun,
the membranous tube that extends from the urinary bladder to the exterior and that in the male conveys semen as well as urine.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- acquire
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own:
- urinary
-
noun,
urinal.
- clarity
-
noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- claught
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
- urgency
-
noun,
urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
- quarrel
-
noun,
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- urethr-
-
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- agentry
-
noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- clarify
-
verb (used with object),
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- aurify
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to appear golden; gild:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- gyrene
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glairy
-
adjective,
of the nature of glair; viscous.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- gleety
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling gleet.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Turing
-
noun,
Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- glycin
-
noun,
a poisonous crystalline compound, C 8 H 9 NO 3 , used as a photographic developer.
- aching
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- glitch
-
noun,
a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- augury
-
noun,
the art or practice of an augur; divination.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- gyrate
-
adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- genit.
-
- caique
-
noun,
a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- Gentry
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Cagney
-
noun,
James, 1899–1986, U.S. film actor.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- 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.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- naught
-
noun,
nothing.
- gharry
-
noun,
a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- auteur
-
noun,
a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- gynec-
-
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linhay
-
noun,
a storage shed or other attachment to the back of a house.
- lingua
-
noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- gluten
-
noun,
the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
- glutch
-
noun,
a mouthful.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- Guinea
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- grinch
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.
- Griqua
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a person of mixed African and European descent, especially a native of Griqualand.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- acquit
-
verb (used with object),
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- Grunth
-
noun,
Granth.
- grutch
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
grudge.
- lycine
-
noun,
betaine.
- Arnulf
-
noun,
a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- guilty
-
adjective,
having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable:
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Guitry
-
noun,
Sacha [sah-shuh;; French sa-sha] /ˈsɑ ʃə;; French saˈʃa/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, French actor and dramatist, born in Russia.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gunyah
-
noun,
an aboriginal hut or shelter.
- Gunite
-
noun,
a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.
- Gunter
-
noun,
a jib-headed sail fastened to a vertical spar that is attached to a short mast, usually by two rings, in such a way that the spar can slide up the mast to spread the sail.
- Guntur
-
noun,
a city in E Andhra Pradesh, in SE India.
- Gurney
-
noun,
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- Lycian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lycia.
- regula
-
noun,
(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- urgent
-
adjective,
compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
- ultra-
-
- Gretry
-
noun,
André Ernest Modeste [ahn-drey er-nest maw-dest] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈnɛst mɔˈdɛst/ (Show IPA), 1741–1813, French operatic composer.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- nautch
-
noun,
(in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- gnarly
-
adjective,
gnarled.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- Lieut.
-
- grainy
-
adjective,
resembling grain; granular.
- grani-
-
- arthr-
-
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- Granth
-
noun,
the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, original text compiled 1604.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- uglify
-
verb (used with object),
to make ugly.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Ugrian
-
noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Greely
-
noun,
Adolphus Washington, 1844–1935, U.S. general and arctic explorer.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- Arthur
-
noun,
Chester Alan, 1830–86, 21st president of the U.S. 1881–85.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- Tuinal
-
- Calif.
-
- Lucite
-
- fratry
-
noun,
frater2 .
- celery
-
noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- lunacy
-
noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- freely
-
adverb,
in a free manner.
- 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.
- rugate
-
adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- Luther
-
noun,
Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- Freyre
-
noun,
Gilberto [zhil-ber-too] /ʒɪlˈbɛr tʊ/ (Show IPA), 1900–87, Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- French
-
noun,
the people of France and their direct descendants.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- caught
-
noun,
the act of catching.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- rueful
-
adjective,
causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable:
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- friary
-
noun,
a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- fright
-
noun,
sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
- fringe
-
noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- frugal
-
adjective,
economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful:
Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching.
Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- fratch
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument; dispute.
- ringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- centi-
-
- Flight
-
noun,
the act, manner, or power of flying.
- lungyi
-
noun,
lungi.
- 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.
- flying
-
noun,
the act of moving through the air on wings; flight.
- flinch
-
noun,
an act of flinching.
- lunger
-
noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- flinty
-
adjective,
composed of, containing, or resembling flint, especially in hardness.
- centr-
-
- flitch
-
noun,
the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured:
- lungee
-
noun,
lungi.
- fluent
-
adjective,
spoken or written with ease:
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- 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.
- flurry
-
noun,
a light, brief shower of snow.
- flutey
-
adjective,
fluty.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- U-turn
-
noun,
a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- ruling
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- trying
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Ruyter
-
noun,
Michel Adriaanssoon de [Dutch mi-khuh l ah-dree-ahn-soon duh] /Dutch ˈmɪ xəl ˌɑ driˈɑn sun də/ (Show IPA), 1607–76, Dutch admiral.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- fruity
-
adjective,
resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- calque
-
noun,
a loan translation, especially one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- garlic
-
noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- Garner
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- gather
-
noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- Gathic
-
noun,
an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written.
Compare Avestan.
- gauche
-
adverb,
on or to the left-hand side.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- tuyere
-
noun,
an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- gantry
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- canful
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- aright
-
adverb,
rightly; correctly; properly:
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Gareth
-
noun,
Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
- Galuth
-
noun,
the forced exile of Jews, especially from countries where they were most persecuted.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Fuhrer
-
noun,
leader.
- Fulani
-
noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- luting
-
noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- fungal
-
adjective,
fungous.
- fungi-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- righty
-
noun,
a right-handed person; right-hander:
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- furnit
-
- tuchun
-
noun,
the title of a military governor of a province during the period 1916–28.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- future
-
noun,
time that is to be or come hereafter.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- carful
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- litany
-
noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- gaiety
-
noun,
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- gainly
-
adjective,
graceful; comely; handsome.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- quinua
-
noun,
quinoa.
- quinte
-
noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- league
-
noun,
a covenant or compact made between persons, parties, states, etc., for the promotion or maintenance of common interests or for mutual assistance or service.
- Quinta
-
noun,
an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- quint-
-
- Quincy
-
noun,
Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
- Quince
-
noun,
either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- leachy
-
adjective,
allowing water to percolate through, as sandy or rocky soil; porous.
- Quiche
-
noun,
a pielike dish consisting of an unsweetened pastry shell filled with a custard and usually containing cheese and other ingredients, as vegetables, seafood, or ham:
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- nighty
-
noun,
nightie.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- unhair
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the hair from, as a hide in preparation for tanning.
- infra-
-
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- infula
-
noun,
one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- quench
-
verb (used with object),
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- urchin
-
noun,
a mischievous boy.
- quitch
-
noun,
couch grass.
- Yentai
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- ingulf
-
verb (used with object),
engulf.
- raring
-
adjective,
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- unglue
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent:
- Hunger
-
noun,
a compelling need or desire for food.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- hungry
-
adjective,
having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- Hunter
-
noun,
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
- Hurley
-
noun,
the game of hurling.
- hurrah
-
noun,
an exclamation of “hurrah.”.
- 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.
- hurtle
-
noun,
Archaic. clash; collision; shock; clatter.
- rarity
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- rarely
-
adverb,
on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rarefy
-
verb (used with object),
to make rare or rarer; make less dense:
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- alight
-
adverb, adjective,
provided with light; lighted up.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- ungual
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.
- yanqui
-
noun,
(in Latin America) Yankee; a citizen of the U.S.
- Ichang
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yichang.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Yeager
-
noun,
Charles (Elwood) ("Chuck") born 1923, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ungula
-
noun,
Botany. an unguis.
- Quelea
-
noun,
any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Quelea, especially Q. quelea (red-billed quelea) noted for its vast flocks that destroy grain crops.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- quaere
-
noun,
a query or question.
- qintar
-
noun,
a money of account of Albania, the 100th part of a lek.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Nutley
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- unruly
-
adjective,
not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless:
- agency
-
noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- agric.
-
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- lagune
-
noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- untrue
-
adjective,
not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- quaint
-
adjective,
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- langue
-
noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- langur
-
noun,
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- nytril
-
noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- quaich
-
noun,
a Scottish drinking cup of the 17th and 18th centuries having a shallow bowl with two or three flat handles.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- launch
-
noun,
the act of launching.
- 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.
- inhaul
-
noun,
any of various lines for hauling a sail, spar, etc., inward or inboard in order to stow it after use.
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- UNICEF
-
noun,
United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- inter.
-
- unique
-
noun,
the embodiment of unique characteristics; the only specimen of a given kind:
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intra-
-
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- quatre
-
noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- irreg.
-
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- quarte
-
noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quart.
-
- quarry
-
noun,
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- uranyl
-
noun,
the bivalent ion UO 2+2 , or the group UO 2 , which forms salts with acids.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ratify
-
verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- health
-
noun,
the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- hauler
-
noun,
a person who hauls.
- acuity
-
noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- haunch
-
noun,
the hip.
- uncurl
-
verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- lenity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- antiq.
-
- length
-
noun,
the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- hearty
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- reflag
-
verb (used with object),
to register (a foreign ship) so that it flies the flag of the registering nation and thereby comes under the latter's protection.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- heathy
-
adjective,
heathery.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- archi-
-
- archil
-
noun,
orchil.
- hegari
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- uncage
-
verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- regift
-
noun,
an unwanted gift that is given away.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- argufy
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to argue, dispute, or wrangle.
- lichen
-
noun,
any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Neilah
-
noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- Argyle
-
noun,
a diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colors, used in knitting socks, sweaters, etc.
- refute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- refrig
-
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- refuge
-
noun,
shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.:
- hanger
-
noun,
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- archt.
-
- hangul
-
noun,
the Korean alphabetic writing system, introduced in the 15th century, containing 14 consonants and 11 vowels.
- refuel
-
verb (used with object),
to supply again with fuel:
- archly
-
adverb,
in an arch or roguish manner.
- Harley
-
noun,
Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, British statesman.
- actin-
-
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Hegira
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- aerify
-
verb (used with object),
to aerate.
- hyetal
-
adjective,
of or relating to rain or rainfall.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Highet
-
noun,
Gilbert, 1906–78, U.S. writer and classical scholar.
- 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.
- highly
-
adverb,
in or to a high degree; extremely:
- hygric
-
adjective,
of or relating to moisture.
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- unfurl
-
verb (used with object),
to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
- Hilary
-
noun,
Hilarius, Saint.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- unfair
-
adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- hither
-
Idioms,
hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there:
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- ungirt
-
adjective,
having a girdle loosened or removed.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Huerta
-
noun,
Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Hughie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hugh.
- nycti-
-
- anergy
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- heifer
-
noun,
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- height
-
noun,
extent or distance upward:
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- helic-
-
- reface
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- Henley
-
noun,
a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- Lehigh
-
noun,
a river in E Pennsylvania, flowing SW and SE into the Delaware River. 103 miles (165 km) long.
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- Hering
-
noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- aneuch
-
adjective, noun, adverb, interjection,
enough.
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- reechy
-
adjective,
smoky or sooty.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Herrin
-
noun,
a town in S Illinois.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- recti-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- legacy
-
noun,
Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- unfact
-
noun,
a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- clique
-
noun,
a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- chanty
-
noun,
chantey.
- fealty
-
noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- faulty
-
adjective,
having faults or defects; imperfect.
- charge
-
noun,
expense or cost:
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- featly
-
adverb,
suitably; appropriately.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- change
-
noun,
the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- earthy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Chaney
-
noun,
Lon [lon] /lɒn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1930, U.S. film actor.
- Charry
-
adjective,
of, like, or covered with charcoal.
- fainty
-
adjective,
feeling faint; about to lose consciousness.
- teleg.
-
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- fairly
-
adverb,
in a fair manner; justly or honestly; impartially.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Father
-
noun,
a male parent.
- 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.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Farley
-
noun,
James A(loysius) 1888–1976, U.S. political leader.
- tegula
-
noun,
(in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- thingy
-
noun,
Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- thulia
-
noun,
a dense, greenish-white powder, TmO 3 , that on gentle heating exhibits a reddish incandescence: used in the manufacture of thulium metal.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- cirque
-
noun,
circle; ring.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- curler
-
noun,
a person or thing that curls.
- ferule
-
noun,
Also, ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
- Curley
-
noun,
James M(ichael) 1874–1958, U.S. politician.
- 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.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- chafer
-
noun,
any scarabaeid beetle.
- 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.
- curagh
-
noun,
currach.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- ferric
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- ferri-
-
- Felice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Felicia.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- Fenrir
-
noun,
a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- curule
-
adjective,
privileged to sit in a curule chair.
- claque
-
noun,
a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- ferity
-
noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- 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.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- chagul
-
noun,
a bag made of goatskin: used in India for carrying water.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- energy
-
noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- encage
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- Erfurt
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Thuringia, in central Germany.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- Cherry
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- Cheryl
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- enface
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- equant
-
adjective,
(of a crystal) having all axes of the same length (opposed to anisometric).
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- chital
-
noun,
axis deer.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Fleury
-
noun,
André Hercule de [ahn-drey er-kyl duh] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈkül də/ (Show IPA), 1653–1743, French cardinal and statesman.
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- equate
-
verb (used with object),
to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent:
- englut
-
verb (used with object),
to gulp down.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- chiral
-
adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- engulf
-
verb (used with object),
to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge:
- equine
-
noun,
a horse.
- Equity
-
noun,
the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:
Synonyms: disinterest, equitableness, impartiality, fair-mindedness, fairness, justness, evenhandedness, objectivity; justice, probity.
Antonyms: bias, discrimination, inequity, injustice, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness, unreasonableness; injustice.
- ethyne
-
noun,
acetylene.
- Cygnet
-
noun,
a young swan.
- Telegu
-
noun,
Telugu.
- eighty
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times eight.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- Telugu
-
noun,
a Dravidian language spoken mainly in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.
- facete
-
adjective,
facetious.
- cheery
-
adjective,
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- facing
-
noun,
a covering in front, for ornament, protection, etc., as an outer layer of stone on a brick wall.
- eighth
-
noun,
an eighth part, especially of one (⅛).
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- Cyrene
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.
- eyeful
-
noun,
an amount of foreign matter thrown, blown, etc., into the eye:
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- eyalet
-
noun,
vilayet.
- chaunt
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
chant.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- 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.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- Thayer
-
noun,
Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- chequy
-
adjective,
checky.
- cheque
-
noun,
check1 (def 24).
- cinque
-
noun,
the five at dice, cards, etc.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- elect.
-
- Cheney
-
noun,
Richard ("Dick") born 1941, U.S. politician: secretary of defense 1989–93; vice president of the U.S. 2001–09.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- euchre
-
noun,
Cards. a game played by two, three, or four persons, usually with the 32, but sometimes with the 28 or 24, highest cards in the pack.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- 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.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- eunuch
-
noun,
a castrated man, especially one formerly employed by rulers in the Middle East and Asia as a harem guard or palace official.
- Cheyne
-
noun,
Thomas Kelly [kel-ee] /ˈkɛl i/ (Show IPA), 1841–1915, English clergyman and Biblical scholar.
- Tanguy
-
noun,
Yves [eev] /iv/ (Show IPA), 1900–55, French painter, in the U.S. after 1939.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- 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.
- Finley
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- tingly
-
adjective,
tingling or causing a tingling sensation.
- crying
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- filthy
-
Idioms,
filthy rich, outrageously wealthy; very rich.
- flaunt
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- crayer
-
noun,
a small sailing vessel formerly used in trade along the coasts of western Europe.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- trich-
-
- figure
-
noun,
a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- fleche
-
noun,
Architecture. a steeple or spire, especially one in the Gothic style, emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- crafty
-
adjective,
skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- flange
-
noun,
a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- crural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- tachy-
-
- clingy
-
adjective,
apt to cling; adhesive or tenacious:
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- Finlay
-
noun,
Carlos Juan [kahr-lohs wahn] /ˈkɑr loʊs wɑn/ (Show IPA), 1833–1915, U.S. physician, born in Cuba: first to suggest mosquito as carrier of yellow fever.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- finely
-
adverb,
in a fine manner; excellently; elegantly; delicately; minutely; nicely; subtly.
- 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.
- fleecy
-
adjective,
covered with, consisting of, or resembling a fleece or wool:
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- finery
-
noun,
fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Fichte
-
noun,
Johann Gottlieb [yoh-hahn gawt-leep] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1762–1814, German philosopher.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- certif
-
- cerat-
-
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- finger
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- clergy
-
noun,
the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.
- Fletch
-
verb (used with object),
to provide (an arrow) with a feather.
- ichth
-
- Yaqui
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Sonora, Mexico.
- 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.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- Linyu
-
noun,
Pinyin. former name of Shanhaiguan.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Lith.
-
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- 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.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- cine-
-
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- lithy
-
adjective,
lithe; supple; flexible.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iatry
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Icel.
-
- lt-yr
-
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- quilt
-
noun,
a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- quiet
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- 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.
- queue
-
noun,
a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- quern
-
noun,
a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- query
-
noun,
a question; an inquiry.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incl.
-
- incr.
-
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- quin-
-
- acet-
-
- quire
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- 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.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- UNHCR
-
- quite
-
adverb,
completely, wholly, or entirely:
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- quirt
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- natl.
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- eyrir
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Uther
-
noun,
king of Britain and father of Arthur.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- Cluny
-
noun,
a town in E France, N of Lyons: ruins of a Benedictine abbey.
- hight
-
noun,
height.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- Chute
-
noun,
an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.
- hying
-
verb,
past participle of hie.
- engr.
-
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- hiney
-
noun,
heinie2 .
- Recit
-
- churr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- Luger
-
- hitch
-
noun,
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- encl.
-
- ency.
-
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- alti-
-
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- clung
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Chung
-
noun,
(in Confucianism) conscientiousness in one's dealings with others.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- lurch
-
noun,
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
- angi-
-
- chufa
-
noun,
an African plant, Cyperus esculentus sativus, of the sedge family, having a tuberous, edible root.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- hyal-
-
- churn
-
noun,
a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- 30-30
-
- hyena
-
noun,
a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hier-
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- lunch
-
noun,
a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- churl
-
noun,
a rude, boorish, or surly person.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Hurri
-
noun,
Hurrian.
- hurry
-
noun,
a state of urgency or eagerness:
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- hutch
-
noun,
a pen or enclosed coop for small animals:
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- thegn
-
noun,
thane.
- hurly
-
noun,
commotion; hurly-burly.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- rangy
-
adjective,
(of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- elegy
-
noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- yacht
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Yager
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Huila
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in central Colombia. 18,700 feet (5700 meters).
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Hugel
-
noun,
Baron Friedrich von, 1852–1925, English theologian and writer.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- cyan-
-
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Hugin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- Hugli
-
noun,
a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Luth.
-
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- hunch
-
noun,
a premonition or suspicion; guess:
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Hung.
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- 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.
- Elihu
-
noun,
a young man who entered into discourse with Job. Job. 32–37.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- 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.
- Nehru
-
noun,
Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- latry
-
- licet
-
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutey
-
noun,
cutie.
- laugh
-
noun,
the act or sound of laughing; laughter.
- agcy.
-
- lycee
-
noun,
a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- lathy
-
adjective,
lathlike; long and thin.
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Curry
-
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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- night
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- lgth.
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- nitr-
-
- agley
-
adverb,
off the right line; awry; wrong.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- urger
-
noun,
a person or thing that urges.
- thuya
-
noun,
thuja.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- Thule
-
noun,
the ancient Greek and Latin name for an island or region variously identified as one of the Shetland Islands, Iceland, or Norway: supposed to be the most northerly region of the world.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Larry
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- uran-
-
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Lefty
-
noun,
a left-handed person.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Neth.
-
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- lehua
-
noun,
Also called ohia lehua. a tree, Metrosideros villosa, of the Hawaiian islands, yielding a hard wood.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- neut.
-
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- leafy
-
adjective,
having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Clary
-
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.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- nifty
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- Leahy
-
noun,
William Daniel, 1875–1959, U.S. admiral and diplomat.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- curly
-
adjective,
curling or tending to curl:
- 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.
- actg.
-
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- leuc-
-
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- tying
-
noun,
that with which anything is tied.
- lect.
-
- thurl
-
noun,
the hip joint of cattle.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Iran.
-
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- THIEF
-
noun,
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- thigh
-
noun,
the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.
- Unity
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- Ital.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- thing
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- unlay
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a strand) from a rope.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- lying
-
noun,
the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness:
Synonyms: falsehood, falsity, mendacity, prevarication.
Antonyms: truth, veracity.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- quean
-
noun,
an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- lign-
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Nauru
-
noun,
Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ling.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- neur-
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- queer
-
noun,
Slang.
Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a a person who is gay or lesbian.
a person whose sexual orientation or gender identity falls outside the heterosexual mainstream or the gender binary.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- unify
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become a single unit; unite:
- intr.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- naut.
-
- Unit.
-
- Ecua.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Queen
-
noun,
a female sovereign or monarch.
- Lynch
-
noun,
John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Quant
-
noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- crit.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- nuci-
-
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- laigh
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- nucha
-
noun,
nape.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- lang.
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- UNRRA
-
- quale
-
noun,
a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- Yulan
-
noun,
a magnolia tree, Magnolia heptapeta, native to China, having large, fragrant white flowers and cylindrical brownish fruit.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Quail
-
noun,
a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- Uriah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Urias [yoo-rahy-uh s] /yʊˈraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). Also called Uriah the Hittite. the husband of Bathsheba, and an officer in David's army. II Sam. 11.
- acity
-
- Light
-
noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- nuque
-
noun,
the back of the neck.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- lact-
-
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- Angl.
-
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Genl.
-
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Tulua
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cagey
-
adjective,
cautious, wary, or shrewd:
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feign
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- Gerry
-
noun,
Elbridge [el-brij] /ˈɛl brɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1744–1814, U.S. politician: vice president 1813–14.
Compare gerrymander.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- ghain
-
noun,
the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- tuque
-
noun,
a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.
- Ghent
-
noun,
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- chafe
-
noun,
irritation; annoyance.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- Garth
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gatun
-
noun,
a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Gaunt
-
noun,
John of, John of Gaunt.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhin-
-
- calef
-
- g-cal
-
- rhet.
-
- ferry
-
noun,
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- ferny
-
adjective,
pertaining to, consisting of, or like ferns:
- Cant.
-
- ferly
-
noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- Chany
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in SW Siberia, in the W Russian Federation in Asia. About 1300 sq. mi. (3365 sq. km).
- turfy
-
adjective,
covered with or consisting of grassy turf.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- faugh
-
interjection,
(used to express contempt or disgust.)
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- fatly
-
adverb,
in the manner of a fat person; ponderously.
- chary
-
adjective,
cautious or careful; wary:
- gluey
-
adjective,
like glue; viscid; sticky.
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- relig
-
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- glyc-
-
- augur
-
noun,
one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
- farcy
-
noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- aught
-
noun,
anything whatever; any part:
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- graft
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- aunty
-
noun,
auntie.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- girly
-
noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- auth.
-
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- gyral
-
adjective,
gyratory.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- tech.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- reni-
-
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- char-
-
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- glary
-
adjective,
harshly brilliant; glaring.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- feti-
-
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Frege
-
noun,
(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob [gawt-lohp] /ˈgɔt loʊp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, German mathematician and logician.
- fitly
-
adverb,
in a proper or suitable manner.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Fitch
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- Firth
-
noun,
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
- firry
-
adjective,
of or relating to the fir.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cert.
-
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- Freya
-
noun,
the goddess of love and fertility, sister of Frey, daughter of Njord; one of the Vanir.
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- freq.
-
- finch
-
noun,
any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- ruche
-
noun,
a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- rrhea
-
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Cathy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- fryer
-
noun,
a person or thing that fries.
- flyte
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flyer
-
noun,
Textiles.
a rotating device that adds twist to the slubbing or roving and winds the stock onto a spindle or bobbin in a uniform manner.
a similar device for adding twist to yarn.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- fling
-
noun,
an act of flinging.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- cent.
-
- runty
-
adjective,
stunted; dwarfish:
- Luray
-
noun,
a town in N Virginia: site of Luray Caverns.
- flung
-
noun,
an act of flinging.
- trig.
-
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- fluty
-
adjective,
having the tone and rather high pitch variation of a flute:
- 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.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- Cath.
-
- ganef
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- furry
-
adjective,
consisting of or resembling fur:
- fichu
-
noun,
a woman's kerchief or shawl, generally triangular in shape, worn draped over the shoulders or around the neck with the ends drawn together on the breast.
- Furth
-
noun,
a city in S Germany, near Nuremberg.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- fiche
-
noun,
microfiche.
- fiery
-
adjective,
consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire:
- tangy
-
adjective,
having a tang.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Gayle
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- gaily
-
adverb,
with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
- 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.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- filth
-
noun,
offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- frith
-
noun,
firth.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filch
-
verb (used with object),
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer:
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- fuage
-
noun,
fumage.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- fugal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a fugue, or composed in the style of a fugue.
- fugle
-
verb (used without object),
to act as a guide or model.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- fugue
-
noun,
Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Fulah
-
noun,
Fulani (def 1).
- Carry
-
noun,
range, as of a gun.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- truly
-
adverb,
in accordance with fact or truth; truthfully.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- 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.
- fight
-
noun,
a battle or combat.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- faqir
-
noun,
fakir.
- equal
-
noun,
a person or thing that is equal.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- hefty
-
adjective,
heavy; weighty:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Hagen
-
noun,
Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
- Hague
-
noun,
The, a city in the W Netherlands, near the North Sea: site of the government, royal residence, and of the International Court of Justice.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- refl.
-
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- hect-
-
- Hecht
-
noun,
Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
- hairy
-
adjective,
covered with hair; having much hair.
- 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.
- ante-
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- anth-
-
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Chin.
-
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- arith
-
- heigh
-
interjection,
(an exclamation used to call attention, give encouragement, etc.)
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- gurry
-
noun,
the offal of fish or whales; the waste parts left over after cleaning fish.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Regt.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- anigh
-
adverb,
nearby; close by.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Hegel
-
noun,
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- terr.
-
- Hayti
-
noun,
former name of Haiti (def 1).
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- ulent
-
- arche
-
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- archy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- Healy
-
noun,
Timothy Michael, 1855–1931, Irish nationalist politician.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- uncut
-
adjective,
not cut.
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- haugh
-
noun,
a stretch of alluvial land forming part of a river valley; bottom land.
- Arch.
-
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- haunt
-
noun,
Often, haunts. a place frequently visited:
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Haley
-
noun,
Alex, 1921–92, U.S. writer.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- chyle
-
noun,
a milky fluid containing emulsified fat and other products of digestion, formed from the chyme in the small intestine and conveyed by the lacteals and the thoracic duct to the veins.
- unary
-
adjective,
pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tera-
-
- anti-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- chief
-
noun,
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Harry
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- Ethyl
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- eury-
-
- gulch
-
noun,
a deep, narrow ravine, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent.
- Henry
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- chiru
-
noun,
a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Henty
-
noun,
George Alfred, 1832–1902, English journalist and novelist.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- grief
-
noun,
keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- Arnel
-
- equi-
-
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- grift
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- henge
-
noun,
a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
- Hench
-
noun,
Philip Showalter [shoh-awl-ter] /ˈʃoʊ ɔl tər/ (Show IPA), 1896–1965, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- fairy
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- herry
-
verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Enugu
-
noun,
a city in SE Nigeria.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Faith
-
noun,
confidence or trust in a person or thing:
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Fancy
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- angry
-
adjective,
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):
- tele-
-
- Ugric
-
noun,
a branch of the Uralic family of languages, consisting of Hungarian and two languages, Khanty and Mansi, spoken in western Siberia.
- uhlan
-
noun,
one of a group of lancers in a light-cavalry unit, first appearing in Europe in the Polish army.
- Aruru
-
noun,
the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.
- Uigur
-
noun,
a member of a Turkish people dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living mainly in western China.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- haute
-
adverb,
aloud; loudly.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- Helga
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- arrgt
-
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- guar.
-
- reify
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Guat.
-
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- faery
-
noun,
faerie.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- heli-
-
- grunt
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Guin.
-
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Nagy
-
noun,
Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nah.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- UNEF
-
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- uria
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- thi-
-
- 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.
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- tRNA
-
- Utah
-
noun,
a state in the W United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City.
Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ref.
-
- NCTE
-
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- Uru.
-
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- urgy
-
- 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.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Ruhr
-
noun,
a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- quat
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NIRA
-
- req.
-
- 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).
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- thug
-
noun,
a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- the-
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tulu
-
noun,
a Dravidian language spoken in Karnataka in southern India.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- quit
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- Thun
-
noun,
a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
- regr
-
- Thur
-
- RCAF
-
- NTIA
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- quag
-
noun,
a quagmire.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Que.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- tel-
-
- ugli
-
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- ugly
-
adjective,
very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- enc.
-
- Quar
-
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- quay
-
noun,
a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- 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.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- quey
-
noun,
a heifer.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- uni-
-
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tchr
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- tanh
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- ter.
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- ungt
-
- Neh.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- tri-
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- 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.
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Reg.
-
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- uret
-
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- taur
-
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Ulua
-
noun,
a river in NW Honduras, flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- 1080
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- gley
-
noun,
a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Glyn
-
noun,
Elinor, 1864–1943, English writer.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- cyte
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cyl.
-
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- Gulf
-
noun,
a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- Chur
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- GFTU
-
- gyri
-
noun,
plural of gyrus.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- Gifu
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.
- clar
-
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gyn-
-
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gyne
-
- gyr-
-
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- guru
-
noun,
Hinduism. a preceptor giving personal religious instruction.
- chug
-
noun,
a short, dull, explosive sound:
- crat
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hgt.
-
- HHFA
-
- High
-
noun,
Automotive. high gear:
- Hyla
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- cet-
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- CERN
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- HUAC
-
noun,
House Un-American Activities Committee.
- 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.
- Huey
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hugh.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- HUGE
-
adjective,
extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:
- Hugh
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “heart, mind.”.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Hugi
-
noun,
a young man, a personification of thought, who defeated Thialfi in a race.
- huia
-
noun,
an apparently extinct, crowlike bird, Heteralocha acutirostris, of New Zealand, noted for the completely different bill shapes of the male and female.
- her.
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Chr.
-
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chg.
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haft
-
noun,
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- Hag.
-
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hal-
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- chay
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- heft
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Chal
-
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- haul
-
noun,
an act or instance of hauling; a strong pull or tug.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- chef
-
noun,
the chief cook, especially in a restaurant or hotel, usually responsible for planning menus, ordering foodstuffs, overseeing food preparation, and supervising the kitchen staff.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- huly
-
adverb,
cautiously; gently.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- FERA
-
- ence
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- FICA
-
- fyce
-
noun,
feist.
- fict
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fig.
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fiqh
-
noun,
the system of jurisprudence: the legal foundation of Islamic religious, political, and civil life.
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- EFTA
-
- Fla.
-
- Eng.
-
- enl.
-
- flay
-
verb (used with object),
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- Eth.
-
- Fahr
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- etc.
-
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- 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).
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fec.
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- flag
-
noun,
a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- fugu
-
noun,
any of several species of puffer fish eaten as a delicacy, especially in Japan, after the removal of the skin and certain organs which contain a deadly poison.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fur.
-
- Fury
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- fut.
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- 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.
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- cule
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- ctr.
-
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- fuge
-
- fth.
-
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- fley
-
verb,
to frighten; terrify.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- FLRA
-
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- fray
-
noun,
a fight, battle, or skirmish. Synonyms: altercation, combat, war, clash, encounter, set-to.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- frug
-
noun,
a dance deriving from the twist.
- frt.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- Frye
-
noun,
(Herman) Northrop, 1912–91, Canadian literary critic and educator.
- 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.
- luny
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Fri.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frey
-
noun,
the god of peace, prosperity, and marriage: one of the Vanir, originally brought to Asgard as a hostage.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- hula
-
noun,
a sinuous Hawaiian native dance with intricate arm movements that tell a story in pantomime, usually danced to rhythmic drumming and accompanied by chanting.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- ACTH
-
- acr-
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- ANTU
-
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- ancy
-
- 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.
- ance
-
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- alt.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Algy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Alg.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lych
-
noun,
British Obsolete. lich.
- 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.
- lin.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- arr.
-
- liq.
-
- Iraq
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ire.
-
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Arg.
-
- agr.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Yuan
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- yuch
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- Yuga
-
noun,
an age of time.
- Yule
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- int.
-
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- 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.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- 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.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- leg.
-
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- afr-
-
- 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.
- aer-
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Hunt
-
noun,
an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aet.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- AFGE
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Aire
-
- Afgh
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- intl
-
- 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.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- Yalu
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- aut-
-
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- achy
-
adjective,
having or causing an aching sensation:
- ical
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- art.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- Can.
-
- Ice.
-
- luau
-
noun,
a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Yang
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Lucy
-
noun,
the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominid found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis.
- CanF
-
- cagy
-
adjective,
cagey.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- Aug.
-
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lit.
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ACLU
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- hurl
-
noun,
a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- 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.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- ile-
-
- Hutu
-
noun,
a member of a Bantu farming people of Rwanda and Burundi, in central Africa.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Inf.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ign.
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- 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.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- cat.
-
- infl
-
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- atic
-
- lyte
-
- yirr
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- ac-
-
- ure
-
- ETR
-
- Utu
-
noun,
the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Agh
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- EEG
-
- AGC
-
- EEC
-
- ety
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- ef-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- AFL
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ae.
-
- THC
-
- acy
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ery
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- th-
-
- AEC
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eq.
-
- TGN
-
- tfr
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- ene
-
- en-
-
- eir
-
- AEF
-
- Af.
-
- ERT
-
- ag-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- uti
-
- al.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- an.
-
- AFC
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- EHF
-
- Ehr
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Ar.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- AUC
-
- aeq
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ur-
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Agt
-
- CIF
-
- UCR
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UFC
-
- ugh
-
noun,
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- CHQ
-
- Chu
-
noun,
a river in SE Kazakhstan, flowing NE from the Tian Shan, near the Kyrgyz border, into the desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- ATC
-
- CIA
-
- UHF
-
- CIE
-
- at.
-
- UAR
-
- ARU
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- UIT
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ult
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- Ulu
-
noun,
a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side: a traditional tool of Eskimo women.
- Tng
-
- tlr
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UAE
-
- ca.
-
- unc
-
- CFR
-
- CEF
-
- CEA
-
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- 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.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CFA
-
- cfh
-
- CFI
-
- CFL
-
- CGI
-
- CAF
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- CAI
-
- TRH
-
- trf
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- ch.
-
- cf.
-
- TLC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- AHE
-
- ahu
-
noun,
a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AYH
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AIC
-
- Eg.
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AHQ
-
- ea.
-
- AHL
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- ECG
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ung
-
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- cle
-
- 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.
- Une
-
- CLI
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- ANF
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- ALU
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CLR
-
- CLU
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- CRT
-
- 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)
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- 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.
- ctf
-
- ctg
-
- ALC
-
- rte
-
- eu-
-
- RAF
-
- Re.
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yer
-
- ier
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- YCL
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- IFC
-
- ify
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- INH
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- ing
-
- IGY
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- YHA
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- La.
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hf.
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- HCR
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- ial
-
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- Ia.
-
- ITU
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- HRE
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- hug
-
noun,
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- ht.
-
- ity
-
- qua
-
adverb,
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
- hr.
-
- 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:
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lg.
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- NFC
-
- NFL
-
- NGC
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NHG
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- NYC
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ltr
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- LTh
-
- LTA
-
- NEC
-
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- LNG
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Lif
-
- NHA
-
- NHI
-
- qu.
-
- Lt.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- LaF
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- NUL
-
- 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).
- QEF
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- qt.
-
- qaf
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a uvular stop consonant sound.
- qat
-
noun,
kat.
- ql.
-
- qr.
-
plural,
farthing.
- QTY
-
- qtr
-
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- NRC
-
- NHL
-
- LCI
-
- NIA
-
- NYA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- LCT
-
- LCF
-
- NRA
-
- NIH
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LCA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- NLF
-
- nr.
-
- HRH
-
- huh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of surprise, bewilderment, disbelief, contempt, or interrogation.)
- HIH
-
- FRC
-
- Fry
-
noun,
a dish of something fried.
- rt.
-
- RTF
-
- FRG
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- RNA
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- fly
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Fl.
-
- RNR
-
- Frl
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- gi.
-
- GHQ
-
- GCF
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ft.
-
- Ga.
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- fug
-
noun,
stale air, especially the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.
- FTC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Fey
-
adjective,
British Dialect. doomed; fated to die.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- fcy
-
- FCA
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FAQ
-
noun,
a document, in question and answer format, that introduces newcomers to a topic or answers common questions.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- Fay
-
noun,
a fairy.
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- 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.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Fyn
-
noun,
an island in S Denmark. 1149 sq. mi. (2975 sq. km).
- TAL
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FYI
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- TCA
-
- fic
-
- Fia
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- FHA
-
- fgn
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- FET
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- UUT
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- RFI
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Guy
-
noun,
Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- GCR
-
- GHA
-
- GTC
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- gt.
-
- grf
-
- RFQ
-
- gre
-
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- Gr.
-
- RFE
-
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- RFC
-
- RFA
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- gl.
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- 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.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- GCI
-
- GCT
-
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- GCE
-
- GCA
-
- HCF
-
- NF
-
- fy
-
- GN
-
- 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.
- NC
-
- NH
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- N.
-
- TN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NG
-
- TL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- FC
-
- 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.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- ey
-
- le
-
- HL
-
- NY
-
- NI
-
- HG
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- FE
-
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- LR
-
- h.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- HH
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- GQ
-
- ly
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- LF
-
- TC
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- ln
-
- fg
-
- RH
-
- t.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- ty
-
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- yr
-
- G.
-
- GC
-
- UL
-
- ry
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UI
-
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- yl
-
- CU
-
- CE
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- GU
-
- IG
-
- RQ
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- R.
-
- UC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- U.
-
- L.
-
- HQ
-
- GH
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- Y.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- NL
-
- TG
-
- RC
-
- ic
-
- IQ
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- fn
-
- YT
-
- RF
-
- L2
-
- LH
-
- L1
-
- Q.
-
- QC
-
- QE
-
- RU
-
- QF
-
- CQ
-
- QA
-
noun,
an exchange of questions and answers.
- qh
-
- Qy
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rg
-
- QN
-
- AQ
-
- LC
-