Anagrams of valedictions
Word valedictions has
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- slide-action
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adjective,
(of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- valediction
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noun,
an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- novelistic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- vindicates
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verb (used with object),
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:
- ice-island
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noun,
a tabular iceberg in the arctic region.
- Diocletian
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noun,
(Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- deviations
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noun,
the act of deviating.
- dacoities
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- dovetails
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noun,
a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- catenoids
-
noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- lidocaine
-
noun,
a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- deviation
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noun,
the act of deviating.
- identical
-
adjective,
similar or alike in every way:
- coastline
-
noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- dilations
-
noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- ovalities
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noun,
the quality or state of being oval.
- vicontiel
-
adjective,
pertaining to the sheriff or viscount.
- locatives
-
noun,
the locative case.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- videocast
-
noun,
a television broadcast of the video only.
- advection
-
noun,
Meteorology. the horizontal transport of atmospheric properties (distinguished from convection).
- dianoetic
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adjective,
pertaining to dianoia.
- diastolic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or produced by diastole.
- donatives
-
noun,
a gift or donation.
- invocates
-
verb (used with object),
invoke.
- vindicate
-
verb (used with object),
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:
- calvities
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noun,
baldness.
- tolidines
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- actinides
-
noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- idiolects
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- inviolate
-
adjective,
free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
- sciential
-
adjective,
having knowledge.
- dislocate
-
noun,
Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
- disentail
-
verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- indicates
-
verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- sciaenoid
-
noun,
a sciaenoid fish.
- socialite
-
noun,
a socially prominent person.
- voidances
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noun,
the act of voiding.
- ci-devant
-
adjective,
former: used especially in reference to a retired officeholder.
- isolative
-
adjective,
noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- vaticides
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noun,
a person who murders a prophet.
- invocate
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verb (used with object),
invoke.
- tail-end
-
noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- vanities
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noun,
excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit:
- litanies
-
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.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- vidicons
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noun,
a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- endocast
-
noun,
endocranial cast.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- lactones
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- vaticide
-
noun,
a person who murders a prophet.
- invoices
-
noun,
an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- dictions
-
noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- velation
-
noun,
pronunciation with velar articulation.
- divalent
-
adjective,
having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- decision
-
noun,
the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment:
- cavities
-
noun,
any hollow place; hollow.
- isolated
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- dainties
-
noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- Catiline
-
noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- alienist
-
noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- ventails
-
noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- catenoid
-
noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- sedation
-
noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- diocesan
-
noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- locative
-
noun,
the locative case.
- sedition
-
noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- vesicant
-
noun,
a vesicant agent or substance.
- Slavonic
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adjective,
Slavonian.
- elations
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- ovicides
-
noun,
a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- catslide
-
noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- dilative
-
adjective,
serving or tending to dilate.
- isocline
-
noun,
a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- dilation
-
noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- celadons
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- invalids
-
noun,
an infirm or sickly person.
- conative
-
noun,
Grammar. a conative word, affix, or verbal aspect.
- dovetail
-
noun,
a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- idiolect
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- Slovenia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- actinide
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- avionics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
- vocalise
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noun,
a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- lections
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- vocalist
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noun,
a singer.
- indocile
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adjective,
not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- voidance
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noun,
the act of voiding.
- silicone
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noun,
any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- visional
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adjective,
of or relating to visions.
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- sodalite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- novelist
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noun,
a person who writes novels.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- inactive
-
adjective,
not active:
- Volscian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
- Volstead
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noun,
Andrew Joseph, 1860–1946, U.S. legislator.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- cistvaen
-
noun,
cist2 .
- Leonidas
-
noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- visioned
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noun,
the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- actinoid
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adjective,
raylike; radiate.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- colistin
-
noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- diastole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- diatonic
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adjective,
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- donative
-
noun,
a gift or donation.
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- violates
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verb (used with object),
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- Scotland
-
noun,
a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- centavos
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various nations, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- tolidine
-
noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- Visconti
-
noun,
an Italian family that ruled Milan and Lombardy from 1277 to 1447.
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- ideation
-
noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- olivines
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of a group of magnesium iron silicates, (Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4 , occurring in olive-green to gray-green masses as an important constituent of basic igneous rocks.
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- Decalin
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- divines
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noun,
a theologian; scholar in religion.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- clivias
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noun,
Kaffir lily.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- decanol
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- doilies
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- Livonia
-
noun,
a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- avidins
-
noun,
a protein, found in the white of egg, that combines with and prevents the action of biotin, thus injuring the animal that consumes it in excess by producing biotin deficiency.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- avionic
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- avocets
-
noun,
any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
- datives
-
noun,
the dative case.
- olivine
-
noun,
Mineralogy. any of a group of magnesium iron silicates, (Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4 , occurring in olive-green to gray-green masses as an important constituent of basic igneous rocks.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- lindies
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- levants
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Sno-Cat
-
- cave-in
-
noun,
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- solvate
-
noun,
a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- Civitan
-
noun,
a member of Civitan International, a service club founded 1918.
- dialect
-
noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- centavo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various nations, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- deltaic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- devisal
-
noun,
the act of devising; contrivance.
- deviant
-
noun,
a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- solvent
-
noun,
a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- solicit
-
verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Novalis
-
noun,
(pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- ciliate
-
noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- citadel
-
noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- civitas
-
noun,
the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- candles
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- Nicolai
-
noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Celadon
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- Delicia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Nilotic
-
noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- diction
-
noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- delicts
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- estival
-
adjective,
pertaining or appropriate to summer.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- ventail
-
noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- coevals
-
noun,
a contemporary:
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- venatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to hunting.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- viscoid
-
adjective,
somewhat viscous.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- alevins
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- colitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- vistaed
-
adjective,
possessing or forming a vista or vistas.
- codline
-
noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- vection
-
noun,
the transference of a disease from one person to another.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- vesical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- activin
-
noun,
a peptide that is synthesized in the pituitary gland and gonads and stimulates the secretion of FSH.
- vidicon
-
noun,
a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
- violist
-
noun,
a person who plays the viol.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- violent
-
adjective,
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
- violate
-
verb (used with object),
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- invades
-
verb (used with object),
to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent:
- invalid
-
noun,
an infirm or sickly person.
- advents
-
noun,
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival:
- invites
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- invoice
-
noun,
an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- evasion
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- Seconal
-
- vicinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- advects
-
verb (used with object),
to move by the process of advection.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- isation
-
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- advices
-
noun,
an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.:
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- actives
-
noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- indices
-
noun,
a plural of index.
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- conidia
-
noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- volante
-
adverb, adjective,
moving lightly and quickly.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- Voltaic
-
noun,
Gur.
- incised
-
adjective,
cut into:
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- silicon
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- indicts
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- valines
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- anilide
-
noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- actino-
-
- dailies
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- ovicide
-
noun,
a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- costive
-
adjective,
suffering from constipation; constipated.
- elicits
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- cotidal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- Laodice
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- novice
-
noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- covets
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- covens
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Covina
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- davens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pray.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- davits
-
noun,
any of various cranelike devices used singly or in pairs for supporting, raising, and lowering especially boats, anchors, and cargo over a hatchway or side of a ship.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Davies
-
noun,
Arthur Bowen [boh-uh n] /ˈboʊ ən/ (Show IPA), 1862–1928, U.S. painter.
- Olivia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Olive.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- dative
-
noun,
the dative case.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- cteno-
-
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- ovisac
-
noun,
a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Octave
-
noun,
Music.
a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone.
the interval encompassed by such tones.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- loaves
-
noun,
plural of loaf1 .
- denti-
-
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Enovid
-
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- lacto-
-
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- laevo-
-
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Leavis
-
noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- indecl
-
- indic.
-
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- Iletin
-
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- invade
-
verb (used with object),
to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent:
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invite
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- evicts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- 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.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Divali
-
noun,
Diwali.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- disco-
-
- navels
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- divest
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.:
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- nocti-
-
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- devons
-
noun,
Devonshire.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Divine
-
noun,
a theologian; scholar in religion.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Levant
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Lidice
-
noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- dovens
-
verb (used with or without object),
daven.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- divots
-
noun,
Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- livens
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lovats
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- contd.
-
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Calvin
-
noun,
John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- calves
-
noun,
plural of calf1 .
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- avoids
-
verb (used with object),
to keep away from; keep clear of; shun:
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- avocet
-
noun,
any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- avidin
-
noun,
a protein, found in the white of egg, that combines with and prevents the action of biotin, thus injuring the animal that consumes it in excess by producing biotin deficiency.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Tivoli
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, E of Rome: ruins of Roman villas.
Ancient Tibur.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- snivel
-
noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- celto-
-
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Cavite
-
noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- steno-
-
- cavies
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
- cavils
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- vineal
-
adjective,
of or relating to grapes or grapevines.
- violas
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Violet
-
noun,
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
Compare violet family.
- violin
-
noun,
the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.
- advise
-
verb (used with object),
to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following:
- advice
-
noun,
an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.:
- Advent
-
noun,
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival:
- advect
-
verb (used with object),
to move by the process of advection.
- viscid
-
adjective,
having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Visine
-
- vision
-
noun,
the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- voices
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- Volsci
-
plural noun,
an ancient people of Latium who were conquered by the Romans in the last part of the 4th century b.c.
- Volant
-
noun,
Also called volant piece. Armor. a reinforcing piece for the brow of a helmet.
- Volans
-
noun,
the Flying Fish, a southern constellation between Carina and Hydrus.
- voiles
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aceto-
-
- voiced
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- adeno-
-
- vocals
-
noun,
a vocal sound.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- vitals
-
plural noun,
those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.
- active
-
noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- vincas
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- videos
-
noun,
a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette:
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- V/STOL
-
- vadose
-
adjective,
found or located above the water table:
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Valens
-
noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
- valent
-
- aniso-
-
- valine
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- valise
-
noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- Valois
-
noun,
a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
- alvine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the belly; intestinal.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- alevin
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- alcove
-
noun,
a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
- viands
-
noun,
an article of food.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- vestal
-
noun,
vestal virgin.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- vesica
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bladder.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- venial
-
adjective,
able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Slavic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene).
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Silvia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “forest.”.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Clivia
-
noun,
Kaffir lily.
- cleans
-
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- colent
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Silvan
-
noun,
a person dwelling in a woodland region.
- clevis
-
noun,
a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clinid
-
noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- coeval
-
noun,
a contemporary:
- clino-
-
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- slavo-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- civets
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- civies
-
plural noun,
civvy (def 1).
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- scato-
-
- Clovis
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- cloves
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- cloven
-
verb,
a past participle of cleave2 .
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- sloven
-
noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- clado-
-
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- ition
-
- Vedas
-
noun,
Sometimes, Vedas. the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books, the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda, and the Yajur-Veda.
- lact-
-
- Vedic
-
noun,
Also called Vedic Sanskrit. the language of the Veda, closely related to classical Sanskrit.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- ivied
-
adjective,
covered or overgrown with ivy:
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Vadso
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Norway.
- OSlav
-
- velds
-
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- venal
-
adjective,
willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
- Venda
-
noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- vends
-
verb (used with object),
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- istic
-
- veni-
-
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- seti-
-
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- tonia
-
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- valet
-
noun,
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- valid
-
adjective,
sound; just; well-founded:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- oste-
-
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Vance
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- 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.
- vaso-
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- vatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- vital
-
adjective,
of or relating to life:
- vocal
-
noun,
a vocal sound.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- init.
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- Indo-
-
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sanit
-
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- Visct
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- vocat
-
- insol
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- volts
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- volti
-
verb (imperative),
turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
- vols.
-
- incl.
-
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- Scand
-
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- voila
-
interjection,
(used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
- voids
-
noun,
an empty space; emptiness:
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- Scot.
-
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Vidal
-
noun,
(Eugene Luther) Gore, 1925–2012, U.S. novelist, essayist, and playwright.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- vice-
-
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- viand
-
noun,
an article of food.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- video
-
noun,
a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette:
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- inst.
-
- vino-
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Salvo
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Viola
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- vinic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, found in, or derived from wine:
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- vini-
-
- vined
-
adjective,
covered or decorated with vines or representations of vines:
- Vinci
-
noun,
Leonardo da [lee-uh-nahr-doh duh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw dah] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ də,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- Vinca
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- invt.
-
- sect.
-
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- naso-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- natl.
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- navel
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- oidea
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- OIcel
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- nival
-
adjective,
of or growing in snow:
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- noct-
-
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- octa-
-
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sito-
-
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- levo-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- licet
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- tiled
-
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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lovat
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- loved
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teno-
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Sino-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lived
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- livid
-
adjective,
having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Ital.
-
- scat-
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cent.
-
- Cavil
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- divas
-
noun,
a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- Dives
-
noun,
the rich man of the parable in Luke 16:19–31.
- divot
-
noun,
Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- civil
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of citizens:
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- cine-
-
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- cidal
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- 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.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Cant.
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- ative
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- ation
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- asco-
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- ecto-
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- doven
-
verb (used with or without object),
daven.
- doves
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, especially the smaller species with pointed tails.
Compare pigeon1 (def 1).
- Calve
-
verb (used with object),
to give birth to (a calf).
- Dvina
-
noun,
Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- avoid
-
verb (used with object),
to keep away from; keep clear of; shun:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- divan
-
noun,
a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed.
- clase
-
- anvil
-
noun,
a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
- cont.
-
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Const
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Cons.
-
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- desc.
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- devas
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Daven
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pray.
- Davie
-
noun,
a town in SE Florida.
- Davis
-
noun,
Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- davit
-
noun,
any of various cranelike devices used singly or in pairs for supporting, raising, and lowering especially boats, anchors, and cargo over a hatchway or side of a ship.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- covet
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- deca-
-
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deci-
-
- decl.
-
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- clove
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- disc.
-
- dist.
-
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- clave
-
noun,
one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- coel-
-
- Devil
-
noun,
Theology.
(sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.
a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- Devon
-
noun,
Devonshire.
- colat
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- dial.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- 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.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- alti-
-
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Alvin
-
noun,
a town in S Texas.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- ento-
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- endo-
-
- idion
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idio-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Icel.
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- advt.
-
- IATSE
-
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- aden-
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ideo-
-
- ician
-
- icons
-
- actos
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- encl.
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- ante-
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- anti-
-
- 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.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anis-
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- ates
-
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- sec.
-
- Visc
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Col.
-
- Con.
-
- adv.
-
- val.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- TODS
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- tion
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- scil
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- atic
-
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- ano-
-
- AInd
-
- 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.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- vin-
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- Cond
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sci.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- ovi-
-
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Ovid
-
noun,
(Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 b.c.–a.d. 17? Roman poet.
- void
-
noun,
an empty space; emptiness:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- vacs
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- std.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Ont.
-
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- volt
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- Danl
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- asc-
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- conv
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 1080
-
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vlad
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vladimir.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- ACLS
-
- cts.
-
- 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.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Sat.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- voc.
-
- VLSI
-
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- AISI
-
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cav.
-
- CATV
-
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- vel.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- cat.
-
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- alt.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- cen.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Cels
-
- avn.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Vend
-
verb (used with object),
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling:
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Ven.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Ste.
-
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Veno
-
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- tel-
-
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ands
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- vas-
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Vat.
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Veda
-
noun,
Sometimes, Vedas. the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books, the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda, and the Yajur-Veda.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- ance
-
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Cal.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- ten.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- SLIC
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Vida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Vict
-
- sld.
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- Alco
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ald.
-
- Vic.
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- vil.
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- vide
-
verb,
see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- cide
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- soln
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Ceto
-
- avid
-
adjective,
showing great enthusiasm for or interest in:
Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, keen; devoted, dedicated; zealous, fanatic.
Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic; reluctant.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Alis
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Ave.
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- civ.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- vet.
-
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- VTOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ELAS
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- NDSL
-
- Lani
-
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- dis-
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- nav.
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Esd.
-
- diva
-
noun,
a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- itis
-
- 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.
- dive
-
noun,
an act or instance of diving.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- div.
-
- 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.
- lin.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- 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.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- etc.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Din.
-
- dioc
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- neo-
-
- eso-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- est.
-
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- itol
-
- Dove
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, especially the smaller species with pointed tails.
Compare pigeon1 (def 1).
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- dol.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- lit.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LitD
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Ltd.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- end-
-
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- enc.
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- idae
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- OECD
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ins.
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- int.
-
- ICAO
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- intl
-
- Lat.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- ical
-
- inv.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- ile-
-
- Oct.
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- Dave
-
noun,
a male given name, form of David.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- DCNL
-
- ect-
-
- ole-
-
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- eco-
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- IndE
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Dec.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- iod-
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- not-
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- NTIA
-
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lev.
-
- Devi
-
noun,
a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
- Den.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Nov.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Deva
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- nos-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Ind.
-
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- devs
-
noun,
a software developer:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- dia-
-
- EDTA
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- a-v
-
- ed.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EDT
-
- EDC
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- EIS
-
- ATV
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- vs.
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- LCD
-
- TSI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ld.
-
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TSE
-
- LCA
-
- ASN
-
- Va.
-
- LDC
-
- ASV
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- at.
-
- ASI
-
- tlo
-
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- TLC
-
- ATC
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- ase
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- TVA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- vo.
-
- ine
-
- VLA
-
- ide
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ACV
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- AIC
-
- id.
-
- VOA
-
- ACS
-
- IOC
-
- ADC
-
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- VTC
-
- Vt.
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- al.
-
- an.
-
- vol
-
- av.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ics
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LSD
-
- env
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ITV
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- Lt.
-
- ISV
-
- ANC
-
- 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).
- VDT
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- en-
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ITA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ETV
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ETS
-
- ETO
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- ALC
-
- ist
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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.
- DVS
-
- AVC
-
- se-
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NOC
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- SED
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- di.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SDI
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SDA
-
- Dev
-
noun,
a software developer:
- DET
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- ScD
-
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- DIL
-
- sc.
-
- ne-
-
- NCO
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SLE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- cle
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- CLI
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SLA
-
- NDE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Clo
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- OTC
-
- OAS
-
- LTA
-
- OTS
-
- oid
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- ov-
-
- DEA
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ose
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- oic
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- OCS
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- CVA
-
- ODT
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- CVT
-
- DCL
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- DSC
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- DSO
-
- SAE
-
- lv.
-
- TCS
-
- DST
-
- cs.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- cl.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CVO
-
- ct.
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- LST
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Co.
-
- SVC
-
- 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.
- STV
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- DSA
-
- ean
-
- STI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TCA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ead
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ea.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ETD
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CAI
-
- eo-
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Les
-
- DAV
-
- TAL
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- STL
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CIA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- CIE
-
- DNA
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- DLS
-
- DLO
-
- DLC
-
- TIA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- LSC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ec-
-
- LSI
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- TID
-
- ECA
-
- Avi
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- St.
-
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- ca.
-
- CED
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LOC
-
- CEO
-
- Sta
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Doi
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- le
-
- 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.
- SL
-
- VL
-
- CE
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- 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.
- dl
-
- VN
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TL
-
- DV
-
- ol
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TN
-
- AO
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- LC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DN
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- SV
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L2
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- SN
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- T1
-
- VI
-
- TC
-
- OA
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- CV
-
- EV
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- VD
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- ic
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- V.
-
- i.
-
- O.
-
- NV
-
- VC
-
- 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.