Anagrams of virulences
Word virulences has
621 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of virulences.
- insecure
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adjective,
subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured:
- veinules
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noun,
venule.
- versicle
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noun,
a little verse.
- universe
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noun,
the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
- nervules
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noun,
a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
- lucernes
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noun,
alfalfa.
- vernicle
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noun,
veronica1 .
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- sinecure
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noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- culverin
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- leucines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- leucine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- clivers
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noun,
cleavers.
- versine
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noun,
versed sine.
- S-curve
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noun,
a curve shaped like an S .
- velures
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noun,
velvet or a substance resembling it.
- reviles
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- leisure
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- nervule
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noun,
a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
- enviers
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- surveil
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verb (used with object),
to place under surveillance.
- Vereins
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- leviers
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noun,
a person who levies.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- 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.
- vesicle
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noun,
a small sac or cyst.
- culvers
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- venules
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noun,
a small vein.
- elusive
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adjective,
eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define:
- servile
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adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- recluse
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noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- Service
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noun,
an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
- incurve
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verb (used with or without object),
to curve or cause to curve inward.
- veinule
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noun,
venule.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- unveils
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verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- Lucerne
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noun,
alfalfa.
- censure
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noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- silvern
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adjective,
made of or like silver.
- evinces
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verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- unreels
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verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- cursive
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noun,
a cursive letter or character.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- cervine
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adjective,
resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- unveil
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verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- unlive
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verb (used with object),
to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
- elvers
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noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- unreel
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verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- ensure
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verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Levins
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noun,
lightning.
- enures
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verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- scler-
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- Levine
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noun,
Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Severn
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noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sevier
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noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- 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.
- evince
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verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- selen-
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- secure
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adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- envier
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Eunice
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noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ervine
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noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- ervils
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noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- snivel
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noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- levier
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noun,
a person who levies.
- levies
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noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- envies
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noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- livens
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verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- evulse
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verb (used with object),
to extract forcibly:
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Cleves
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noun,
a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- revise
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noun,
an act of revising.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- revile
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- Verein
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- revels
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noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- Creuse
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noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Nereus
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noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- rescue
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noun,
the act of rescuing.
- 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.
- 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.
- clever
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adjective,
mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- venues
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noun,
Law.
the place of a crime or cause of action.
the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- relive
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verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- Nevers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Cervin
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noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- ceruse
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noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Cereus
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- celure
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noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- recuse
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verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- nuclei
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noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Nueces
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noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- venule
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noun,
a small vein.
- crenel
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- 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.
- Velsen
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noun,
a seaport in W Netherlands.
- 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.
- revues
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noun,
a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- Culver
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- velure
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noun,
velvet or a substance resembling it.
- Venice
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noun,
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- curves
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noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- nieve
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noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- niece
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noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Linus
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- revue
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noun,
a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Seler
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noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- 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:
- Isere
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noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- reive
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verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Seric
-
- Nevis
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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.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- 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.
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- serve
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noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- riven
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verb,
a past participle of rive.
- rivel
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noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- nuci-
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- liven
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verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- livre
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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.
- nurls
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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.
- nevus
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noun,
any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- Seine
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Nevil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- liver
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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.
- runic
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adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- Levin
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noun,
lightning.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- revel
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noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- resin
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noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Lever
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noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- Leven
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noun,
Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- 30-30
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- 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.
- Rules
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noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- leuc-
-
- scene
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noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- lunes
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noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- 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.
- nerve
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noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- lucre
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- neur-
-
- scree
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- leers
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- luces
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noun,
plural of lux.
- reni-
-
- lieve
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adverb,
lief.
- never
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Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- lives
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noun,
plural of life.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- cuvee
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noun,
wine in vats or casks, blended, often from different vintages, for uniform quality.
- venue
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noun,
Law.
the place of a crime or cause of action.
the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- veni-
-
- Vener
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noun,
Vänern.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curve
-
noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- veins
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noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Venus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- 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.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- urine
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- Elvis
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noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- encl.
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- vice-
-
- 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.
- virls
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noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cine-
-
- cines
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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.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Cleve
-
noun,
Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Univ.
-
- 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.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- Icel.
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- evens
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- incl.
-
- surv.
-
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- 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.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Visc
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- 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.
- vers
-
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- VLSI
-
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- serv
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Vic.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- vil.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- vin-
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- rel.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Rus.
-
- 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:
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- 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.
- uni-
-
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- 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.
- Rev.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sec.
-
- SLIC
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ven.
-
- scr.
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- vel.
-
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- USRC
-
- 1080
-
- Vul.
-
- ile-
-
- Ens.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Eur.
-
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ence
-
- Inc.
-
- ins.
-
- inv.
-
- Ire.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- Lev.
-
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- enl.
-
- enc.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Cres
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- civ.
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cule
-
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cuve
-
noun,
a wine vat.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elev
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- 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.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- luvs
-
noun,
love.
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nev.
-
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- 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).
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- NEC
-
- Une
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ene
-
- en-
-
- NES
-
- uns
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ur-
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- unc
-
- NSU
-
- env
-
- CNS
-
- CLU
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- UCR
-
- CLR
-
- CLI
-
- SVR
-
- SVC
-
- cle
-
- ne-
-
- NUL
-
- sc.
-
- 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.
- se-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- EIS
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- nr.
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSR
-
- NRC
-
- Ver
-
- ec-
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EEC
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- VCR
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- lv.
-
- vs.
-
- 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)
- CRS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NSC
-
- USV
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- USR
-
- USN
-
- eir
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- RCS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- Re.
-
- Isl
-
- ine
-
- LSC
-
- in.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ILS
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ise
-
- 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).
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- cl.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- cr.
-
- LCI
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- cs.
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Rs.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- IUS
-
- ISV
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ISR
-
- 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).
- ERV
-
- LSI
-
- SLE
-
- Sr.
-
- SNU
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Les
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- 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.
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- SLR
-
- ESL
-
- luv
-
noun,
love.
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- il-
-
- eu-
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- CIE
-
- ier
-
- RSE
-
- ics
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- RCN
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RSV
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- VN
-
- RC
-
- CE
-
- VL
-
- CU
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RN
-
- RI
-
- VU
-
- UV
-
- NL
-
- L.
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LR
-
- ln
-
- LC
-
- SN
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- RV
-
- RU
-
- R.
-
- SU
-
- CV
-
- VC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EV
-
- VR
-
- VI
-
- V.
-
- N.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- UL
-
- UI
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- SV
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- NV
-