Anagrams of volunteerism

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Leominster
noun, a city in N Massachusetts.
volunteers
noun, a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
resolutive
adjective, having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
trueloves
noun, a sweetheart; a truly loving or loved person.
unmortise
verb (used with object), to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
mutineers
noun, a person who mutinies.
involutes
noun, Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
limestone
noun, a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
Montreuil
noun, a suburb of Paris, in N France.
neoterism
noun, an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
relumines
verb (used with object), to relume.
vinometer
noun, a hydrometer for measuring the percentage of alcohol in wine.
musteline
adjective, belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, including the martens, skunks, minks, weasels, badgers, and otters.
volunteer
noun, a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
revulsion
noun, a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike:
resolvent
noun, something resolvent.
verminous
adjective, of the nature of or resembling vermin.
milestone
noun, a stone functioning as a milepost.
Louvertie
noun, a female given name.
Menoetius
noun, a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
televisor
noun, an apparatus for transmitting or receiving television.
novelties
noun, state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness:
vermeils
noun, vermilion red.
eversion
noun, a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
one-time
adjective, having been as specified at one time; former:
souvenir
noun, a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
evulsion
noun, the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
reenlist
verb (used with or without object), to enlist again.
outliers
noun, something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
outlines
noun, the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
overline
noun, a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
overtime
noun, working time before or after one's regularly scheduled working hours; extra working time.
esurient
adjective, hungry; greedy.
relievos
noun, Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
relumine
verb (used with object), to relume.
remounts
noun, a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
resolute
adjective, firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
entresol
noun, a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
retinols
noun, vitamin A.
retinues
noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
reunites
verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
virulent
adjective, actively poisonous; intensely noxious:
involute
noun, Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
veinlets
noun, a small vein.
novelist
noun, a person who writes novels.
monsieur
noun, the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
Truelove
noun, a sweetheart; a truly loving or loved person.
melitose
noun, raffinose.
mesolite
noun, a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
turnsole
noun, any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
minstrel
noun, a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
universe
noun, the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
unmiters
verb (used with object), to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
ton-mile
noun, a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
unmitres
verb (used with object), unmiter.
moisture
noun, condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
toluenes
noun, a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
line-out
noun, a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
venulose
adjective, having venules.
Tirolese
adjective, noun, Tyrolese.
Moultrie
noun, William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
mounters
noun, a person or thing that mounts.
tiresome
adjective, causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
Timorese
noun, a native or inhabitant of Timor.
Muenster
noun, a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
mutineer
noun, a person who mutinies.
Terminus
noun, the end or extremity of anything.
Leinster
noun, a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
veinules
noun, venule.
nervules
noun, a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
veloutes
noun, a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
revolute
adjective, rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
ventures
noun, an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
rimstone
noun, a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
emeritus
noun, an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
semitone
noun, a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
Seminole
noun, a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
emersion
noun, Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit. Compare immersion (def 5).
volutins
noun, basophilic nucleoprotein granules in the cytoplasm or the vacuoles of certain microorganisms.
vitreous
adjective, of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.:
Elsinore
noun, Helsingør.
routines
noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
selenium
noun, a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
serotine
noun, a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
sirvente
noun, a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
routemen
noun, a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
voitures
noun, a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
emulsion
noun, Physical Chemistry. any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.
leisure
noun, freedom from the demands of work or duty:
veinule
noun, venule.
veinlet
noun, a small vein.
nervous
adjective, highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive:
leister
noun, a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
nervule
noun, a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
misrule
noun, bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
Lenotre
noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
tensile
adjective, of or relating to tension:
lemures
plural noun, the ghosts of the dead of a family, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or propitiated; larvae.
tensive
adjective, stretching or straining.
tenures
noun, the holding or possessing of anything:
rutiles
noun, a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
murines
noun, a murine rodent.
Leotine
noun, a female given name.
Munster
noun, muenster.
uterine
adjective, of or relating to the uterus or womb.
utensil
noun, any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
Sievert
noun, the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray): Abbreviation: Sv.
timeous
adjective, timely; sufficiently early.
leviers
noun, a person who levies.
velours
noun, a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
neuters
noun, Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb.
veloute
noun, a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
venture
noun, an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
stuiver
noun, stiver (def 1).
veriest
adverb, in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
inverse
noun, an inverted state or condition.
inverts
noun, a person or thing that is inverted.
elusive
adjective, eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define:
elusion
noun, the act of eluding; evasion.
Vereins
noun, a union, association, or society.
venules
noun, a small vein.
nostrum
noun, a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
nostril
noun, either of the two external openings of the nose.
venturi
noun, Robert Charles, born 1925, U.S. architect.
norites
noun, a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
surveil
verb (used with object), to place under surveillance.
soilure
noun, a stain.
ventro-
Ventris
noun, Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
ventri-
niveous
adjective, resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
Ventose
noun, (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
nitrous
adjective, pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
venters
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the abdomen or belly. a bellylike cavity or concavity. a bellylike protuberance.
Nilotes
noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
Temenus
noun, a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
neutro-
Mountie
noun, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
velures
noun, velvet or a substance resembling it.
Teniers
noun, David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
leviter
adverb, (in prescriptions) lightly.
motives
noun, something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
liernes
noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
merlons
noun, (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
loments
noun, a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
tourism
noun, the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
Miletus
noun, Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
vomitus
noun, the act of vomiting.
Lorient
noun, a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
Trevino
noun, Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
Treviso
noun, a city in NE Italy.
metiers
noun, a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
turmoil
noun, a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet:
trienes
noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
tureens
noun, a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
merlots
noun, a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
merlins
noun, a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
loiters
verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
louvers
noun, any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
louvres
noun, a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
merinos
noun, (often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
meltons
noun, a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
melters
noun, a person or thing that melts.
Lumiere
noun, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas [oh-gyst ma-ree lwee nee-kaw-lah] /oʊˈgüst maˈri lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lwee zhahn] /lwi ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA) 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
Melrose
noun, a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
meletin
noun, quercetin.
Meitner
noun, Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
trisome
noun, a trisomic individual.
triunes
noun, (initial capital letter) the Trinity.
Troilus
noun, a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
luteins
noun, Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
milters
noun, a male fish in breeding time.
minever
noun, miniver.
mounter
noun, a person or thing that mounts.
Servite
noun, a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Moulins
noun, a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
elevons
noun, a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
oeuvres
noun, the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
limners
noun, a person who paints or draws.
unveils
verb (used with object), to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
mortise
noun, a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
moreens
noun, a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
monster
noun, a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
seleno-
unsteel
verb (used with object), to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
linters
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
toluene
noun, a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
Moliere
noun, (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
Minster
noun, a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
volutes
noun, a spiral or twisted formation or object.
unreels
verb (used with object), to unwind from or as if from a reel:
lisente
noun, plural of sente.
moisten
verb (used with or without object), to make or become moist.
volutin
noun, basophilic nucleoprotein granules in the cytoplasm or the vacuoles of certain microorganisms.
tonemes
noun, a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
servile
adjective, slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
tonsure
noun, the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
unmitre
verb (used with object), unmiter.
Semenov
noun, Nicolai N [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, Russian chemist: Nobel prize 1956.
unmiter
verb (used with object), to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
minutes
noun, the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
minuets
noun, a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
verismo
noun, the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
silvern
adjective, made of or like silver.
Soleure
noun, French name of Solothurn.
entires
noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
entoils
verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
version
noun, a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
stereo-
sterile
adjective, free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
evolute
noun, the locus of the centers of curvature of, or the envelope of the normals to, another curve. Compare involute (def 5).
retinue
noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
voiture
noun, a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
etoiles
noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
vitreum
adjective, (in prescriptions) glass.
vesture
noun, Law. everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees. any such covering, as grass or wheat.
versine
noun, versed sine.
sterno-
estrone
noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
orients
noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
Oriente
noun, a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
entries
noun, an act of entering; entrance.
retinol
noun, vitamin A.
violent
adjective, acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
resolve
noun, a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
restive
adjective, impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
overmen
noun, a foreman, supervisor, or overseer.
overset
noun, the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
envious
adjective, full of, feeling, or expressing envy:
Emerson
noun, Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
overlie
verb (used with object), to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
enviers
noun, a person who feels envy.
Steiner
noun, Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
Soutine
noun, Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
outlive
verb (used with object), to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.):
outline
noun, the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
outlier
noun, something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
relumes
verb (used with object), to light or illuminate again; relumine.
Eventus
noun, Bonus Eventus.
overuse
noun, excessive use:
entero-
routine
noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
emotive
adjective, characterized by or pertaining to emotion:
rivulet
noun, a small stream; streamlet; brook.
vermeil
noun, vermilion red.
relents
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
reviles
verb (used with object), to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
remotes
noun, Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
erosive
adjective, serving to erode; causing erosion.
omelets
noun, eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
remount
noun, a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
Sirenum
noun, Mare, Mare Sirenum.
verites
noun, truth; truthfulness.
onliest
Idioms, only too, as a matter of fact; extremely: unfortunately; very:
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
relievo
noun, Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
estriol
noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
sternum
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
smelter
noun, a person or thing that smelts.
removes
noun, the act of removing.
Slovene
noun, one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovenia.
reunite
verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
Vermont
noun, a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
solvent
noun, a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:
revolts
noun, the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
resole
verb (used with object), to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
sloven
noun, a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
rivets
noun, a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
minuet
noun, a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
monies
noun, a plural of money.
Semite
noun, a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
snivel
noun, weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
remote
noun, Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
molten
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
remits
noun, Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
Milton
noun, John, 1608–74, English poet.
miners
noun, Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
remise
verb (used with object), to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
toners
noun, a person or thing that tones.
minute
noun, the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
resile
verb (used without object), to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
tonsil
noun, a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
M-line
noun, one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
Remsen
noun, Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
rentes
noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
toneme
noun, a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
moires
noun, any moiré fabric.
remove
noun, the act of removing.
renvoi
noun, the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
resent
verb (used with object), to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
mitres
noun, Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
Moline
noun, a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
miters
noun, the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
Mister
noun, (initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
misrun
noun, an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
molest
verb (used with object), to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
Miseno
noun, a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
solute
noun, the substance dissolved in a given solution.
torsel
noun, a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
resoil
verb (used with object), to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
molies
noun, an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
Tories
noun, a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
stoner
noun, Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
milter
noun, a male fish in breeding time.
triols
noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
Merino
noun, (often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
Mentor
noun, a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
Mentes
noun, (in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
trines
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
serein
noun, fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
Melvin
noun, a male given name.
solemn
adjective, grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
Melton
noun, a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
revels
noun, Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
melter
noun, a person or thing that melts.
revest
verb (used with object), to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
soever
adverb, at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
merles
noun, the blackbird, Turdus merula.
revets
verb (used with object), to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
revile
verb (used with object), to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
triose
noun, a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
revise
noun, an act of revising.
Meerut
noun, a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
Triune
noun, (initial capital letter) the Trinity.
revolt
noun, the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
trones
noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
troves
noun, a collection of objects.
revues
noun, a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
serine
noun, a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
merits
noun, claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
retuse
adjective, having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
Reston
noun, James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
meters
noun, the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
Milner
noun, Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
result
noun, something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
milers
noun, a participant in a one-mile race.
tousle
noun, a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
treens
noun, treenware.
tremie
noun, a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
resume
noun, résumé.
retems
noun, a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
metros
noun, the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
metro-
metier
noun, a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
meteor
noun, Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
Merlin
noun, a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
triene
noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
rimose
adjective, full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
senile
noun, a senile person.
triens
noun, a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
Mervin
noun, a male given name.
Merton
noun, Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
Mersin
noun, a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
merous
merlot
noun, a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
merlon
noun, (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
Solent
noun, The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
Senior
noun, a person who is older than another.
Moreen
noun, a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
moulvi
noun, maulvi.
selen-
telson
noun, the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
sutler
noun, (formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
svelte
adjective, slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
Orient
noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
Nivose
noun, (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
teleo-
Sterne
noun, Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
nitro-
nitres
noun, niter.
niters
noun, potassium nitrate.
Nistru
noun, Romanian name of Dniester.
telium
noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
Nilote
noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
Nevers
noun, a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
norite
noun, a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
steno-
neuter
noun, Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb.
neurol
neuro-
neumes
noun, any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
ostium
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
Ostler
noun, hostler.
Nestor
noun, the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
nestle
verb (used with object), to settle or ensconce snugly:
routes
noun, a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
Soviet
noun, (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
Silver
noun, Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
oriels
noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
Orense
noun, a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
ouster
noun, expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
stumer
noun, something bogus or fraudulent.
oleums
noun, Pharmacology. oil.
oleins
noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
Stover
noun, coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
Strine
noun, Australian English.
strive
verb (used without object), to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
oilmen
noun, a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
oilers
noun, a person or thing that oils.
strove
verb, simple past tense of strive.
omelet
noun, eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
oeuvre
noun, the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
Oeneus
noun, a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
Struve
noun, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
numis.
truism
noun, a self-evident, obvious truth.
stolen
noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
suitor
noun, a man who courts or woos a woman.
stiver
noun, Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
rumens
noun, the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
sinter
noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
Sumner
noun, Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
Sumter
noun, a city in central South Carolina.
Simeon
noun, a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
Stevin
noun, Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
sunlit
adjective, lighted by the sun.
Steven
noun, a male given name.
sterol
noun, any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
silure
plural noun, a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
nerols
noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
morels
noun, any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
Oliver
noun, one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland.
sevier
noun, John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
Timour
noun, Tamerlane.
tinsel
noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
Severn
noun, a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
movers
noun, a person or thing that moves.
mouser
noun, an animal that catches mice:
mourns
verb (used with object), to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
mounts
noun, the act or a manner of mounting.
somni-
set-in
adjective, made separately and placed within another unit.
somite
noun, any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
relent
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
moults
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
sortie
noun, a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
seiner
noun, a person who fishes with a seine.
moulin
noun, a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
relies
verb (used without object), to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
servo-
motive
noun, something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
motile
adjective, Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
sliver
noun, a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
toe-in
noun, the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
relive
verb (used with object), to experience again, as an emotion.
relume
verb (used with object), to light or illuminate again; relumine.
toiles
noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
morsel
noun, a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
timers
noun, a person or thing that times.
muesli
noun, a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
Nereus
noun, a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
muster
noun, an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
Rustin
noun, Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
rustle
noun, the sound made by anything that rustles:
Nereis
noun, clamworm.
Ruston
noun, a city in N Louisiana.
souter
noun, a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
tensor
noun, Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
tenuis
noun, an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
tenure
noun, the holding or possessing of anything:
Tereus
noun, a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
rutile
noun, a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
rutins
noun, a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
ternes
noun, terne metal.
Silone
noun, Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
mulier
noun, a woman or wife.
silent
noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
mustee
noun, the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
muslin
noun, a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
rouens
noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
murine
noun, a murine rodent.
Muriel
noun, a female given name.
Munsee
noun, a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
Munroe
noun, Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
munite
verb (used with object), to fortify.
tilers
noun, a person who lays tiles.
ovines
adjective, pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
ovules
noun, Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
multi-
soiree
noun, an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
sermon
noun, a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
lutose
adjective, covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
venoms
noun, the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
lesion
noun, an injury; hurt; wound.
V/STOL
leones
noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
Lenore
noun, a female given name, form of Eleanor.
Lenoir
noun, Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
lemurs
noun, any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
Lemnos
noun, a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
velour
noun, a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
Velsen
noun, a seaport in W Netherlands.
velure
noun, velvet or a substance resembling it.
Veneti
noun, Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
Venite
noun, the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
venose
adjective, having many or prominent veins.
Lester
noun, a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
venous
adjective, of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
isomer
noun, Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
venter
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the abdomen or belly. a bellylike cavity or concavity. a bellylike protuberance.
Ismene
noun, a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
ventr-
Iseult
noun, Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance. the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram. daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
venues
noun, Law. the place of a crime or cause of action. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
venule
noun, a small vein.
Verein
noun, a union, association, or society.
invest
verb (used with object), to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
invert
noun, a person or thing that is inverted.
inures
verb (used with object), to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
intros
noun, an introduction.
utero-
usenet
noun, Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
verism
noun, the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
linums
noun, any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
livres
noun, a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
livers
noun, Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
livens
verb (used with object), to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
litres
noun, liter.
litmus
noun, a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
liters
noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
Lister
noun, Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
listen
Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
unreel
verb (used with object), to unwind from or as if from a reel:
unrest
noun, lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
unrove
adjective, withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.
lionet
noun, a young or small lion.
linter
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
ursine
adjective, of or relating to a bear or bears.
liners
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
unveil
verb (used with object), to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
limner
noun, a person who paints or draws.
limens
noun, threshold (def 4).
Lieut.
urines
noun, the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
lierne
noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
urino-
Levite
noun, a member of the tribe of Levi.
Levins
noun, lightning.
Levine
noun, Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
levies
noun, an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
levier
noun, a person who levies.
intro.
inters
verb (used with object), to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
unlive
verb (used with object), to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
elvers
noun, a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
entire
noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
enters
Verb phrases, enter into, to participate in; engage in. to investigate; consider: to sympathize with; share in. to form a constituent part or ingredient of: to go into a particular state:
enter-
ensure
verb (used with object), to secure or guarantee:
ensoul
verb (used with object), to endow with a soul.
ensile
verb (used with object), to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
enrols
verb (used with or without object), enroll.
enlist
verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
enisle
verb (used with object), to make an island of.
vitrum
noun, (in prescriptions) glass.
emotes
verb (used without object), to show or pretend emotion:
voiles
noun, a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
elutes
verb (used with object), to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
enures
verb (used with or without object), inure.
Eloise
noun, a female given name.
Elmont
noun, a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
volume
noun, a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
elites
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
elisor
noun, a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
elints
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
Elinor
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
elevon
noun, a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
volute
noun, a spiral or twisted formation or object.
elemis
noun, any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
vomers
noun, a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
vomits
noun, the act of vomiting.
voters
noun, a person who votes.
entoil
verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
virtue
noun, moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
inter.
evulse
verb (used with object), to extract forcibly:
verite
noun, truth; truthfulness.
insure
verb (used with object), to guarantee against loss or harm.
insult
noun, an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
instr.
insoul
verb (used with object), ensoul.
insole
noun, the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
insert
noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
inmost
adjective, situated farthest within:
vermi-
vermin
noun, noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
vermis
noun, the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
Vernet
noun, Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
verset
noun, Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
evites
verb (used with object), to avoid; shun.
envier
noun, a person who feels envy.
everts
noun, Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
Etoile
noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
vetoes
noun, the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
Estrin
noun, estrone.
Ervine
noun, St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
ervils
noun, a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
vinous
adjective, of, resembling, or containing wine.
Ernest
noun, a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
Ermine
noun, an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail. Compare stoat.
Violet
noun, any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers. Compare violet family.
vireos
noun, any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
eonism
noun, the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
envies
noun, a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
unmeet
adjective, not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
irones
noun, a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
lovers
noun, a person who is in love with another.
Lorens
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
luster
noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
lumens
noun, Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
tureen
noun, a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
tumors
noun, a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
loment
noun, a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
loners
noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
Louvre
noun, a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
ultimo
adverb, in or of the month preceding the current one: Abbreviation: ult., ulto. Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
lustre
noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
turves
noun, plural of turf.
Ulster
noun, a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
lunies
noun, a lunatic.
Loiret
noun, a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
lumine
verb (used with object), to illumine.
lories
noun, any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
unites
noun, a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
louver
noun, any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
louies
noun, looie.
loiter
verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
turion
noun, a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
luteo-
Louise
noun, Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
tuners
noun, a person or thing that tunes.
lutein
noun, Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
veter
ovine
adjective, pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
ovule
noun, Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
Soult
noun, Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
sotie
noun, a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
overt
adjective, open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
Soter
noun, Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
meres
noun, Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
Univ.
overs
noun, an amount in excess or addition; extra.
etuis
noun, a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
vertu
noun, virtu.
over-
Euler
noun, Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
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.
outre
adjective, passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
Euro-
euros
noun, wallaroo.
eusol
noun, an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
verst
noun, a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
Outer
adjective, situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
outen
verb (used with object), to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
evens
event
noun, something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
Sorel
noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
reive
verb (used with or without object), to rob; plunder.
reels
noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
remit
noun, Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
mense
noun, propriety; discretion.
rente
noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
solum
noun, the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
ernes
noun, sea eagle.
reni-
Remus
noun, Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
solve
verb (used with object), to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
Ernie
noun, a male given name, form of Ernest.
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.
erose
adjective, uneven, as if gnawed away.
vinum
noun, (in prescriptions) a solution of a medicinal substance in wine.
tunes
noun, a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
vinos
noun, wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
reest
verb (used with object), to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
ervil
noun, a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
TUNIS
noun, a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
ErvIn
noun, Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
trine
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
vino-
vimen
noun, a long, flexible shoot of a plant.
ousel
noun, ouzel.
Ester
noun, a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
reist
verb (used without object), reest2 .
trims
noun, the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
reins
noun, Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
Reims
noun, a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
verso
noun, a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
stele
noun, an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
sruti
noun, the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
olein
noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
onset
noun, a beginning or start:
louts
noun, an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
omers
noun, a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
stome
Stone
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
inset
noun, something inserted; insert.
minus
noun, minus sign.
louse
noun, any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
Olive
noun, an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. Compare olive family.
store
noun, an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
lours
verb (used without object), noun, lower2 .
oleum
noun, Pharmacology. oil.
Storm
noun, a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
inst.
stour
noun, British Dialect. tumult; confusion. a storm.
stole
noun, an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below. Compare tippet (def 2).
stove
noun, a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
mero-
Meroe
noun, a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
meros
noun, (in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
Turin
noun, a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
intel
noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
oiler
noun, a person or thing that oils.
tries
noun, plural of try.
Louis
noun, louis d'or.
Oesel
noun, German name of Saaremaa.
strum
noun, the act of strumming.
intr.
Louie
noun, looie.
inure
verb (used with object), to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
omni-
inlet
noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
ourie
adjective, shabby; dingy.
Stern
noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
Steel
noun, any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
Steen
noun, Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
steer
noun, Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
Stein
noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
Evers
noun, (James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
tuner
noun, a person or thing that tunes.
Evert
noun, Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
loves
noun, a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
oste-
Osler
noun, Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
osier
noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
evils
noun, that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
ster.
evite
verb (used with object), to avoid; shun.
ornis
noun, an avifauna.
inert
adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
ileo-
onium
stime
noun, the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
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.
ileus
noun, intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
Steve
noun, a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
ileum
noun, Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
Oriel
noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
ornes
noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
Verne
noun, Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
Merle
noun, the blackbird, Turdus merula.
verse
noun, (not in technical use) a stanza.
Lover
noun, a person who is in love with another.
orles
noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
merit
noun, claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
rents
noun, a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
meno-
Solti
noun, Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
siree
noun, sirree.
meets
noun, an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
volti
verb (imperative), turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
Elsie
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
runts
noun, an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
Elton
noun, a male given name.
Simon
noun, the original name of the apostle Peter. Compare Peter.
runes
noun, any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
simul
adverb, (in prescriptions) together.
Sino-
elute
verb (used with object), to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
Meier
noun, Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
rumen
noun, the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
Rules
noun, a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
ruins
noun, ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
Siren
noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
Elmer
noun, a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
vols.
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.
elver
noun, a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
sito-
sleet
noun, precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
slier
adjective, a comparative of sly.
roves
noun, an act or instance of roving.
routs
noun, a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
lunts
noun, a match; the flame used to light a fire.
elves
noun, plural of elf.
Elvis
noun, a male given name, form of Elwin.
voles
noun, any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
route
noun, a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
slime
noun, thin, glutinous mud.
volts
noun, the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
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.
rouse
noun, a rousing.
vomer
noun, a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
30-30
serin
noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
votes
noun, a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
Serov
noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
Seoul
noun, a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
senti
noun, a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
serum
noun, the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
senor
noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
voter
noun, a person who votes.
serve
noun, the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
vomit
noun, the act of vomiting.
semi-
trove
noun, a collection of objects.
semen
noun, the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
elem.
lures
noun, anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
Seler
noun, Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
elemi
noun, any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
trone
noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
trois
noun, the number 3.
Seine
noun, a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
seti-
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.
Seton
noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
seven
noun, a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
sever
verb (used with object), to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
Eliot
noun, Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
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.
Elise
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
elite
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
roust
verb (used with object), to rout, as from a place:
roues
noun, a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
viols
noun, a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
enure
verb (used with or without object), inure.
melon
noun, the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
enols
noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
enorm
adjective, enormous; huge; vast.
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.
enrol
verb (used with or without object), enroll.
Melos
noun, the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
revet
verb (used with object), to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
tumor
noun, a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
Ensor
noun, James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
revel
noun, boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
ensue
verb (used without object), to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
triol
noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
Lumen
noun, Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
ento-
melts
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
visor
noun, Armor. (on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver. a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
retem
noun, a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
soler
noun, Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
Melun
noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
virtu
noun, excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
viron
noun, a male given name.
Menes
noun, flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
virls
noun, ferrule (def 1).
eosin
noun, Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
Nurmi
noun, Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
vireo
noun, any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
resit
noun, a test or examination that is retaken.
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.
Viren
noun, Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
reset
noun, an act or instance of setting again.
revue
noun, a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
lunes
noun, Archaic. fits of madness.
Rouen
noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
smote
verb, a simple past tense of smite.
Emile
noun, a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
rotls
noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
tules
noun, either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
rotes
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
emirs
noun, a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
rosin
noun, Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
Rosie
noun, a female given name, form of Rose.
roset
noun, resin; rosin.
sluit
noun, (in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
voile
noun, a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
roils
verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
smile
noun, the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
smite
Idioms, smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
smolt
noun, a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
emits
verb (used with object), to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
riels
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
emote
verb (used without object), to show or pretend emotion:
rivet
noun, a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
riven
verb, a past participle of rive.
rivel
noun, a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
sneer
noun, a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
trios
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
snore
noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
snort
noun, the act or sound of snorting.
riots
noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
rinse
noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
snout
noun, the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
rimes
noun, Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
emuls
riles
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
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.
insol
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.
mourn
verb (used with object), to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
Levin
noun, lightning.
tines
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
MSEnt
tious
tires
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
touse
noun, a commotion; rumpus.
movie
noun, motion picture.
moves
noun, an act or instance of moving; movement.
Milos
noun, a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
mover
noun, a person or thing that moves.
tirls
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
levo-
MOUSE
noun, any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
Tours
noun, a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
Timor
noun, an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
liers
noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
Mount
noun, the act or a manner of mounting.
Toure
noun, Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
lieve
adverb, lief.
moult
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
urine
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.
moues
noun, a pouting grimace.
Tirol
noun, Tyrol.
limen
noun, threshold (def 4).
motes
noun, a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
motel
noun, a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
TIROS
noun, one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
limns
verb (used with object), to represent in drawing or painting.
Milne
noun, A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
Timon
noun, c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
Moser
noun, Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
Leoni
noun, Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
term.
lenos
noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
terms
noun, a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
mutes
noun, Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
terne
noun, terne metal.
lento
adverb, slowly.
veers
noun, a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
Leone
noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
Terni
noun, a city in central Italy.
treen
noun, treenware.
Musil
noun, Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
terns
noun, any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
terse
adjective, neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
miens
noun, air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
times
noun, the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
utile
adjective, useful.
Mures
noun, a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
tiers
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
muons
noun, a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
Leros
noun, one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
Munro
noun, Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
Loren
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
Tiler
noun, a person who lays tiles.
miler
noun, a participant in a one-mile race.
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.
Leven
noun, Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Lever
noun, Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
timer
noun, a person or thing that times.
loner
noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
Mosul
noun, a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
toile
noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
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.
unite
noun, a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
Minos
noun, a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
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.
toner
noun, a person or thing that tones.
MNurs
Minot
noun, George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
tones
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
lites
noun, light2 (def 36).
Torun
noun, a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
litre
noun, liter.
Loire
noun, a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
liven
verb (used with object), to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
Mitre
noun, Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
mites
noun, any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
miter
noun, the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
moire
noun, any moiré fabric.
tonus
noun, a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
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.
TORES
noun, a torus.
torsi
noun, a plural of torso.
sero-
miso-
miser
noun, a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
lives
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.
mirvs
noun, multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
mires
noun, a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
torse
noun, a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
Minto
noun, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
mints
noun, any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Compare mint family.
moils
noun, hard work or drudgery.
Minor
noun, a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
morts
noun, Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
untie
verb (used with object), to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
Limon
noun, José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
limos
noun, a limousine.
milts
noun, the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
Morse
noun, an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
morns
noun, morning.
toils
noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
mores
noun, an additional quantity, amount, or number:
Morel
noun, any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
liner
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
toise
noun, an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
until
conjunction, up to the time that or when; till:
Monte
noun, Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
Mont.
Linos
noun, linoleum.
toles
noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
moist
adjective, moderately or slightly wet; damp.
Monet
noun, Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
lints
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
molvi
noun, maulvi.
molts
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
Linum
noun, any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
Miner
noun, Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
Linus
noun, Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
unset
adjective, not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
Unit.
molet
noun, mullet2 .
Mines
noun, an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
moles
noun, any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
tomes
noun, a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
torus
noun, Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
lores
noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
omits
verb (used with object), to leave out; fail to include or mention:
lenis
noun, a lenis consonant.
veni-
Venlo
noun, a city in SE Netherlands.
noels
noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
Noemi
noun, Naomi (def 1).
teels
noun, til.
never
Idioms, never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
Temne
noun, a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
noils
noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
iters
noun, a canal or passage.
metr-
Irons
noun, Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
noise
noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
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.
neut.
ulent
Vener
noun, Vänern.
Luton
noun, a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
irone
noun, a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
nomes
noun, one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
surv.
neume
noun, any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
Loris
noun, Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
velum
noun, Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
Nevil
noun, a male given name, form of Neville.
nevus
noun, any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
teno-
Niort
noun, a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
islet
noun, a very small island.
meter
noun, the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
loser
noun, a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
metes
noun, a limiting mark.
Isere
noun, a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
nitre
noun, niter.
nitr-
tele-
Niter
noun, potassium nitrate.
Lorne
noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
istle
noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
temin
noun, Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
Nimes
noun, a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
teens
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
telo-
telos
noun, the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
Metis
noun, any person of mixed ancestry.
Metol
Niles
noun, a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
venom
noun, the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
teems
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
nieve
noun, Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
Meuse
noun, Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
neur-
tenor
noun, the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
invt.
veins
noun, one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
nerol
noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
notum
noun, a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
Notus
noun, the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
tense
noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
meson
noun, Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
novel
noun, a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
leets
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
Lorin
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
nerts
interjection, nuts (def 1).
Sumer
noun, an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
meso-
Lemon
noun, the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
suite
noun, a number of things forming a series or set.
lemur
noun, any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
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.
nemos
noun, remote (def 10).
Neils
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
mesne
adjective, intermediate or intervening.
notes
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
teles
noun, television.
vents
noun, an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
Lotus
noun, a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
venue
noun, Law. the place of a crime or cause of action. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
Norse
noun, (used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
nerve
noun, one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
Venus
noun, an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
leers
noun, a lascivious or sly look.
Suomi
noun, Finnish name of Finland.
Irene
noun, Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
torn
noun, a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
silo
noun, a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
tel-
Toul
noun, a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
suit
noun, a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
Tori
noun, plural of torus.
teil
noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
Tees
noun, a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
site
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
str.
tuns
noun, a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
situ
noun, in situ.
tors
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
Sert
noun, José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
stum
noun, unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
suet
noun, the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
Tver
noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga. Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
SLIM
noun, a garment size meant for a thin person.
VTOL
noun, a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
stun
noun, the act of stunning.
Tues
sure
Idioms, for sure, as a certainty; surely:
sire
noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
Toni
noun, a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
silt
noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
tone
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
volt
noun, the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
TOMS
noun, the male of various animals, as the turkey.
teel
noun, til.
Sumo
noun, a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
tule
noun, either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
Tore
noun, a torus.
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.
STOL
noun, a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
teem
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
Surt
noun, the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
serv
tole
noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
tome
noun, a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
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.
Sion
noun, a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
sur-
Vote
noun, a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
Stir
noun, the act of stirring or moving.
Seve
noun, the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
tron
teen
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
sumi
noun, black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
slut
noun, Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
Vern
noun, a male given name, form of Vernon.
Vul.
Soul
noun, the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
trim
noun, the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
tier
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
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.
Utes
noun, Informal. a utility vehicle.
Tree
noun, a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
veto
noun, the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
vel.
vets
noun, veterinarian.
soln
user
noun, a person or thing that uses.
vet.
Trio
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
tune
noun, a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
tils
noun, the sesame plant.
Time
noun, the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
tri-
tens
noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
sort
noun, a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
Tums
verb (used with object), to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
sone
noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
vil.
VILE
adjective, wretchedly bad:
vein
noun, one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
vims
noun, lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
vin-
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.
ter.
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.
sori
noun, plural of sorus.
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.
vees
noun, anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
Vins
noun, wine.
Soni
viol
noun, a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
Viet
noun, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
veer
noun, a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
sore
noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
vest
noun, a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
Sour
noun, something that is sour.
Tour
noun, a traveling around from place to place.
toil
noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
stem
noun, the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
smut
noun, a particle of soot; sooty matter.
uni-
uret
some
adverb, (used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
slur
noun, a slurred utterance or sound.
slum
noun, Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
slue
noun, the act of sluing.
snit
noun, an agitated or irritated state.
Vent
noun, an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
slot
noun, a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
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.
sloe
noun, the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
vole
noun, any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
slit
noun, a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
vers
unto
preposition, to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
Veno
ulto
Tine
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
Sol.
sole
noun, the bottom or under surface of the foot.
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.
Ven.
tion
tire
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
tirl
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
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.
ten.
snot
noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
Vite
adverb, briskly; lively.
Tiro
noun, tyro.
Vito
noun, a male given name.
soil
noun, the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
uro-
Ste.
VLSI
Uris
noun, a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
virl
noun, ferrule (def 1).
lure
noun, anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
Seri
noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
mins
noun, a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
mil.
Mile
noun, Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
Milo
noun, a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
MILR
mils
noun, a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
Milt
noun, the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
min.
MiNE
noun, an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
Mino
noun, Minho.
mint
noun, any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Compare mint family.
mete
noun, a limiting mark.
Sere
noun, the series of stages in an ecological succession.
Miro
noun, Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
MIRV
noun, multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
mis-
mise
noun, a settlement or agreement.
mist
noun, a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
mite
noun, any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
moil
noun, hard work or drudgery.
moit
noun, a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
mien
noun, air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
met.
Mole
noun, any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
M-16
noun, a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
lout
noun, an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
Love
noun, a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
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.
1080
Lust
noun, intense sexual desire or appetite.
luvs
noun, love.
M-14
noun, a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
Meer
noun, Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
mes-
meet
noun, an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
Meir
noun, Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
mels
noun, honey.
melt
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
men-
ment
menu
noun, a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
mere
noun, Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
MERS
noun, Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
mol.
mols
noun, mole4 .
loun
noun, loon2 .
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.
mute
noun, Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
muts
noun, mutt.
Neel
noun, Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
neem
Neil
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
Nemo
noun, remote (def 10).
neo-
Neri
noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
Nero
noun, (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
Nev.
Muse
noun, Classical Mythology. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae. any goddess presiding over a particular art.
Neve
noun, granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
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.
NIMS
noun, a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
nits
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
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).
Noel
noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
noes
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
must
noun, something necessary, vital, or required:
mus.
molt
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
mout
Mon.
Mons
noun, an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
more
noun, an additional quantity, amount, or number:
morn
noun, morning.
Mort
noun, Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
most
noun, the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
mote
noun, a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
mots
noun, a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
moue
noun, a pouting grimace.
move
noun, an act or instance of moving; movement.
Mure
noun, Obsolete. a wall.
Mrs.
plural, a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
MSEE
MSIE
Muir
noun, Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
mule
noun, the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness. Compare hinny.
mult
mun.
Muni
noun, a municipal bond.
muon
noun, a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
lour
verb (used without object), noun, lower2 .
Loti
noun, a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
noir
adjective, black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
evil
noun, that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
esne
noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
eso-
est.
Este
noun, a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
Eton
noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
etui
noun, a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
Eur.
Eure
noun, a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
ever
Idioms, ever and again, now and then; from time to time. Also, Literary, ever and anon.
ile-
Erse
noun, Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
Ilse
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
inro
noun, a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
ins.
int.
intl
into
adjective, Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
inv.
ions
noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
ious
erst
adverb, before the present time; formerly.
Eros
noun, the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
iron
noun, Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
emir
noun, a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
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.
elms
noun, any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches. Compare American elm, elm family.
Else
Idioms, or else, or suffer the consequences:
elve
noun, an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
emes
noun, friend.
EMet
Emil
noun, a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
emit
verb (used with object), to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
Erne
noun, sea eagle.
enl.
enol
noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
Enos
noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
Ens.
eons
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
eous
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.
Ire.
Isle
noun, a small island.
lote
noun, lotus.
lits
noun, litas.
Line
noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
lino
noun, linoleum.
Lins
noun, a city in E Brazil.
lint
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
Lion
noun, a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
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).
litu
noun, a plural of litas.
limo
noun, a limousine.
live
Idioms, live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
loin
noun, Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
Lois
noun, a female given name.
Lome
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
lone
adjective, being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
Lore
noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
Lorn
noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
Lose
Idioms, lose face. face (def 51).
lost
Idioms, get lost, Slang. to absent oneself: to stop being a nuisance:
lin.
limn
verb (used with object), to represent in drawing or painting.
iso-
Leno
noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
item
noun, a separate article or particular:
iter
noun, a canal or passage.
itol
Ives
noun, Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
Ivor
noun, a male given name.
leer
noun, a lascivious or sly look.
lees
noun, plural of lee2 .
Leet
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
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.
lime
noun, Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
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.
Leon
noun, a male given name, form of Leo.
Leos
noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
LEST
conjunction, for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
Leto
noun, the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
Lev.
Levi
noun, a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
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.
lieu
noun, place; stead.
noil
noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
mire
noun, a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
Rees
noun, reeve3 .
Orel
noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
Ouse
noun, Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
roil
verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
ours
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
role
noun, a part or character played by an actor or actress.
Otis
noun, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
Rom.
Osee
noun, Hosea.
Rome
noun, Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
roms
noun, a Gypsy man or boy.
orts
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
ROSE
noun, any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
Orne
noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
orle
noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
Orem
noun, a city in N Utah.
onus
noun, a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
out-
Omri
noun, a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
oles
noun, a cry of “olé.”.
Olin
noun, a male given name.
rove
noun, an act or instance of roving.
omen
noun, anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
Omer
noun, a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
omit
verb (used with object), to leave out; fail to include or mention:
rout
noun, a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
Ont.
ROUS
noun, (Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
roue
noun, a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
ROTS
noun, the process of rotting.
ROTL
noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
Roti
noun, roast.
rote
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
oust
verb (used with object), to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
outs
noun, a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
Oise
noun, a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
Reus
noun, a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
reit
noun, real-estate investment trust.
revs
noun, a revolution (in an engine or the like).
seme
adjective, covered with many small, identical figures.
rel.
Sem.
Rev.
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.
Riel
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
rete
noun, a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
seer
noun, a person who sees; observer.
rems
noun, the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
Reno
noun, Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
nom.
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.
Reis
plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
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.
oven
noun, a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
riv.
ovi-
ovum
noun, Cell Biology. the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual. the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
sent
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
Seem
verb (used without object), to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
Seen
verb, past participle of see1 .
rive
verb (used with object), to tear or rend apart:
rite
noun, a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
rile
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
sene
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
rit.
Rise
noun, an act or instance of rising.
riot
noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
rime
noun, Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
Reel
noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
ole-
rest
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
oils
noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
nots
noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
nose
noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
Seel
verb (used with object), Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
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:
not-
Rus.
note
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
nous
noun, Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
Norm
noun, a standard, model, or pattern.
rule
noun, a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
Nov.
Novi
noun, a town in SE Michigan.
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.
Rumi
noun, Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
rums
noun, an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
runs
noun, an act or instance, or a period of running:
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.
nos-
runt
noun, an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
nori
noun, a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
Ruse
noun, a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
Rust
noun, Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
Nome
noun, one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
Nor.
UNO
USE
noun, the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
ROE
noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
leu
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
USM
USN
SEI
noun, sei whale.
VIR
noun, husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
USO
eon
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
ERE
preposition, conjunction, before.
USR
urs
noun, an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
LOE
noun, verb (used with or without object), love.
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.
ESU
USV
vo.
vie
verb (used with object), Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
se-
ETO
UTE
noun, Informal. a utility vehicle.
ROI
let
noun, British. a lease.
vim
noun, lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
rm.
plural, ream.
Lie
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
rut
noun, a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
ERT
ese
lis
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
ERS
noun, ervil.
Lir
noun, Ler.
uns
RIM
noun, the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
ESL
SNU
rin
noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
SRO
urn
noun, a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
ETR
ur-
ure
Uri
noun, a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
env
LIM
ESR
LMT
EOE
ERV
Sin
noun, transgression of divine law:
Ler
noun, the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
ETS
ise
ITO
noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
imu
noun, a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
in.
ite
ine
ene
Rue
noun, sorrow; repentance; regret.
ISV
ist
ISR
RTS
ism
noun, a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
Rs.
Isl
Is.
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ium
Ir.
ior
Ios
noun, a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
rt.
IOT
IOU
RSV
SLE
IRS
ion
noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
rte
SIT
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
IRL
IRO
RSE
ITV
res
noun, an object or thing; matter.
Les
V-2
noun, a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
RUM
noun, an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
Eve
noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
LEO
noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
eu-
ETV
Vee
noun, anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
V-1
noun, a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
Len
noun, a male given name, form of Leonard.
run
noun, an act or instance, or a period of running:
vs.
EMR
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.
Ver
uti
SIR
noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
vis
noun, strength; force; power.
ILS
Lee
noun, protective shelter:
ILO
en-
EMU
noun, a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
Lt.
EMT
EMS
noun, the letter M, m.
il-
ITU
SLR
lei
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
ier
io-
ROT
noun, the process of rotting.
See
noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
IUS
So.
Une
MSI
EEL
noun, any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
OIt
Mr.
plural, mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
MRE
MRI
MSE
OIr
MSN
Tiv
noun, a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
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.
MST
Mt.
MTI
mtn
MTO
MTS
Tiu
noun, an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
EEO
oil
noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
MOR
UMT
ONI
one
noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
STL
Tom
noun, the male of various animals, as the turkey.
STM
OMS
noun, a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
MOS
noun, moment (def 1).
tlo
Om.
MOT
noun, a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
toe
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
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).
TMV
TMO
eir
tlr
MTV
Tim
noun, a male given name, form of Timothy.
ons
Vt.
SUM
noun, the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
NES
NET
noun, a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
Nil
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
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.
NIM
noun, a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
nit
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Vte
NSU
NMI
NMR
NMU
VTO
Noe
noun, Noah (def 1).
tee
noun, the letter T or t.
VTR
noun, a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
SVR
nr.
VRM
OES
noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
NUS
noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
OEM
Stu
noun, a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
Von
preposition, from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
Mur
noun, a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
VOR
EOM
TES
noun, ti1 .
STV
NUL
mut
noun, mutt.
Sue
noun, Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
NUM
eo-
NUT
noun, a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
ne-
Nee
adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
Sui
noun, a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
ONR
ton
noun, a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
MOI
tue
Ree
noun, reeve3 .
ELM
noun, any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches. Compare American elm, elm family.
tum
verb (used with object), to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
RMS
plural, ream.
Luo
noun, a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
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.
sot
noun, a drunkard.
Tu.
tun
noun, a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
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.
TSI
TSE
luv
noun, love.
Re.
lv.
Eli
noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
Moe
noun, a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
SEN
noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
ltr
MS.
plural, manuscript.
SEL
noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
Ume
noun, a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
LON
ult
Ulm
noun, a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
ule
noun, caucho.
vol
UIT
REM
noun, the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
LST
eme
noun, friend.
Lot
noun, one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
Lou
noun, a male given name, form of Louis.
Son
noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
EOS
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
els
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
LSI
LSM
Mo.
Me.
MSL
ot-
MIE
oui
adverb, noun, yes.
MLS
tr.
OTS
ote
ose
EIS
Orv
ORT
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
MIR
noun, a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
Ore
noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
MIT
Tor
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
STI
MI6
noun, the government's secret intelligence service.
ml.
MLR
Sr.
M-1
noun, a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
Tro
MNS
Sou
noun, (formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
Mel
noun, honey.
ov-
Meo
noun, Miao (def 1).
MNE
SRI
noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
St.
our
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
MeV
mi.
MI5
noun, the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
VU
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
el
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
VL
EV
VM
VN
ee
EI
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
SV
LO
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
SI
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
O.
RI
M.
R.
OU
noun, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
MN
TN
TM
TL
ol
MU
noun, the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
OE
noun, oy2 .
NV
LU
noun, a male or female given name, form of Lou.
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
MV
N.
NI
NU
noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
NL
NM
No
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
TE
noun, ti1 .
T1
t.
RN
LR
SM
L2
SL
S.
RV
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
i.
IV
noun, an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
RU
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.
L.
LI
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
L1
le
TV
noun, television.
VR
VI
V.
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.
RO
SN
LM
ln
UL
UI
UV
U.
SU
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