Anagrams of ventriculus
Word ventriculus has
862 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ventriculus.
- Lucretius
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noun,
(Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- vulturine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vulture.
- culverins
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- virulent
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adjective,
actively poisonous; intensely noxious:
- cultures
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noun,
the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- tunicles
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- culverin
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- Ursuline
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.
- cutlines
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- culverts
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noun,
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
- Leuricus
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noun,
Leofric.
- culvers
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- culvert
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noun,
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- stuiver
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noun,
stiver (def 1).
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- unveils
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verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- clivers
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noun,
cleavers.
- incurve
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verb (used with or without object),
to curve or cause to curve inward.
- tunicle
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- culture
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noun,
the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- nucleus
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noun,
a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- S-curve
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noun,
a curve shaped like an S .
- uncurls
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verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- ventri-
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- stencil
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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.
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- venturi
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noun,
Robert Charles, born 1925, U.S. architect.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- curvets
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noun,
Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
- vulture
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noun,
any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles.
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- cutline
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- lectins
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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.
- Curtius
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noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1814–96, German archaeologist and historian.
- rivulet
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noun,
a small stream; streamlet; brook.
- rivulus
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noun,
any of several killifishes of the genus Rivulus, native to small streams of tropical America, often kept in aquariums.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- cursive
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noun,
a cursive letter or character.
- centri-
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- surveil
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verb (used with object),
to place under surveillance.
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- silvern
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adjective,
made of or like silver.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Lucite
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- uretic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- livers
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noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- unlive
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verb (used with object),
to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
- unrest
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- livres
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noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- unsure
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adjective,
not certain or confident:
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- snivel
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noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- luetic
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adjective,
syphilitic.
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- uterus
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noun,
the enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.
- untrue
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adjective,
not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- Cuvier
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noun,
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
- unveil
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verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- lucent
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adjective,
shining.
- Lucius
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noun,
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- sliver
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noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- insect
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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.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instr.
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- insult
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- inter.
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- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- invert
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- invest
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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.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- suture
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noun,
Surgery.
a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
a particular method of doing this.
one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
- lectin
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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.
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- Levins
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noun,
lightning.
- livens
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verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- ervils
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noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- lituus
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noun,
Geometry. a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- uncurl
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verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- turves
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noun,
plural of turf.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Stevin
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noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- incult
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adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- evicts
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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.
- tuners
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- stiver
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noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- strive
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verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- Lieut.
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- Struve
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noun,
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- cut-in
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noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- scler-
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- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- ventr-
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- centi-
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- centr-
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- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Cletus
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noun,
Anacletus.
- Cervin
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noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- Nistru
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noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- virtue
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noun,
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- reluct
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- nuclei
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noun,
plural of nucleus.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- rustic
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noun,
a country person.
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- civets
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noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- recti-
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- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- rictus
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- clevis
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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.
- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curves
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noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- U-turn
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noun,
a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
- rivets
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noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- lutein
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- Silver
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- Curtin
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noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- curule
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adjective,
privileged to sit in a curule chair.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- culets
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noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- cuneus
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noun,
Anatomy. a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
- Culver
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- cultus
-
noun,
a cult.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- curvet
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noun,
Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Levin
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noun,
lightning.
- Recit
-
- reins
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noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rect.
-
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
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noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tiers
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- licet
-
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- runts
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noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rivel
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noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- runes
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noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rules
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noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- surv.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rivet
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noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- lect.
-
- rents
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noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- leuc-
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- reni-
-
- riven
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verb,
a past participle of rive.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- lives
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noun,
plural of life.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- nevus
-
noun,
any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- 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.
- sruti
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noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- neut.
-
- neur-
-
- Seric
-
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- nuci-
-
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- 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.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- sect.
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- veni-
-
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Venus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- Univ.
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- encl.
-
- 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.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- 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: ¢.
- cine-
-
- virtu
-
noun,
excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- cent.
-
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- virus
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Visct
-
- 30-30
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- vertu
-
noun,
virtu.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- vice-
-
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- 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.
- 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).
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- curve
-
noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- Unit.
-
- 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.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- invt.
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Eurus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the east wind.
- incr.
-
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- incl.
-
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- intr.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Icel.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- uncut
-
adjective,
not cut.
- uncus
-
noun,
any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- inst.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ulent
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- vin-
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- vil.
-
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Vict
-
- sur-
-
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- Rus.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- 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.
- Vul.
-
- VLSI
-
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Visc
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- ter.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ten.
-
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- tri-
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Vic.
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- vet.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- SLIC
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- USTC
-
- USRC
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- 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.
- Uru.
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- uret
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- uni-
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Sulu
-
noun,
a member of the most numerous tribe of Moros, living chiefly in the Sulu Archipelago.
- scr.
-
- riv.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sec.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- vers
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- str.
-
- serv
-
- Tues
-
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Ven.
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- vel.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Tulu
-
noun,
a Dravidian language spoken in Karnataka in southern India.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- 1080
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- luvs
-
noun,
love.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- est.
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- NCTE
-
- cule
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- cuve
-
noun,
a wine vat.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- enc.
-
- 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.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ect-
-
- Lev.
-
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Nev.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- civ.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- int.
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- intl
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cir.
-
- cet-
-
- Cels
-
- CERN
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rev.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rel.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- cen.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ire.
-
- ins.
-
- inv.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- rit.
-
- Eur.
-
- Cres
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- ile-
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Inc.
-
- Ice.
-
- uns
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- env
-
- il-
-
- ESL
-
- ERT
-
- ult
-
- ETS
-
- ETV
-
- UIT
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ics
-
- ITU
-
- ERV
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Ulu
-
noun,
a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side: a traditional tool of Eskimo women.
- unc
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- UCR
-
- ier
-
- Une
-
- Esc
-
- en-
-
- uti
-
- ur-
-
- CLI
-
- cte
-
- CST
-
- Ver
-
- CSR
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CNS
-
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- cle
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- CIE
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- Vt.
-
- VTC
-
- Vte
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- cr.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ure
-
- USR
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ec-
-
- USC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USN
-
- CVT
-
- VCR
-
- usu
-
- USV
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tue
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Utu
-
noun,
the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
- UUT
-
- vs.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- ILS
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Tu.
-
- LSI
-
- NES
-
- NEC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ne-
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- lv.
-
- SLE
-
- luv
-
noun,
love.
- SLR
-
- ltr
-
- LST
-
- LSC
-
- 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).
- SNU
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- St.
-
- STI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- STL
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- STV
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- 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:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- RCN
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSV
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- sc.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUL
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- NSU
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- IUS
-
- ITV
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ITC
-
- ISV
-
- ist
-
- 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.
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- Lt.
-
- IRL
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TLC
-
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ite
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LCT
-
- Les
-
- SVR
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LCI
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SVC
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- TL
-
- RN
-
- SV
-
- RI
-
- RC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RV
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- R.
-
- i.
-
- L2
-
- ic
-
- EI
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TN
-
- RU
-
- VL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- VN
-
- EV
-
- SU
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- VU
-
- CE
-
- NV
-
- U.
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L1
-
- V.
-
- VC
-
- VI
-
- VR
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- N.
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- le
-
- LR
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- CV
-
- ln
-
- UL
-
- TC
-
- UI
-
- NL
-
- T1
-
- UV
-
- UC
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.