Anagrams of welterweights
Word welterweights has
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- welterweight
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noun,
a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
- wheelers
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noun,
a person or thing that wheels.
- teethers
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noun,
a device for a baby to bite on during teething.
Compare teething ring.
- Whistler
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noun,
a person or thing that whistles.
- tweeters
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noun,
a small loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of high-frequency sounds.
- wristlet
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noun,
a band worn around the wrist, especially to protect it from cold.
- erewhile
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adverb,
a while before; formerly.
- whittles
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noun,
British Dialect. a knife, especially a large one, as a carving knife or a butcher knife.
- grisette
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noun,
a young French workingwoman.
- tergites
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- glitters
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noun,
a sparkling reflected light or luster.
- eweries
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noun,
a room for storing ewers, towels, napkins, etc.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- T-shirt
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noun,
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- teeters
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- wheelie
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noun,
a small, usually folding, metal frame with wheels for carrying luggage or small packages.
- Wheeler
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noun,
a person or thing that wheels.
- teether
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noun,
a device for a baby to bite on during teething.
Compare teething ring.
- glister
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- swither
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noun,
a state of confusion, excitement, or perplexity.
- teethes
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verb (used without object),
to grow teeth; cut one's teeth.
- wethers
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noun,
a castrated male sheep.
- tergite
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- swelter
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noun,
a sweltering condition.
- wiglets
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noun,
a small wig, especially one used to supplement the existing hair.
- tithers
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noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- sleight
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noun,
skill; dexterity.
- slither
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noun,
a slithering movement; slide.
- Whittle
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noun,
British Dialect. a knife, especially a large one, as a carving knife or a butcher knife.
- shelter
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noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- sheitel
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noun,
a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- whistle
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noun,
an instrument for producing whistling sounds by means of the breath, steam, etc., as a small wooden or tin tube, a pipe, or a similar device with an air chamber containing a small ball that oscillates when air is forced through an opening, producing a high-pitched, warbling tone.
- sweetie
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noun,
Informal. sweetheart.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- heelers
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noun,
a person who heels shoes.
- Sheeler
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noun,
Charles, 1883–1965, U.S. painter and photographer.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- sterlet
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- settler
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- Stiegel
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noun,
Henry William, 1729–85, German iron and glass manufacturer in America.
- Hewlett
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noun,
Maurice Henry, 1861–1923, English novelist, poet, and essayist.
- trestle
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noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- esthete
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noun,
aesthete.
- reglets
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noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- elegits
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noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- Lettish
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noun,
Latvian (def 3).
- writhes
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noun,
a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.
- twister
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noun,
a person or thing that twists.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Thistle
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noun,
any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, especially of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.
- lighter
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noun,
a person or thing that lights or ignites.
- Wrights
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noun,
a worker, especially a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination):
- Withers
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noun,
the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of a horse, cow, sheep, etc.
- wrestle
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noun,
an act of or a bout at wrestling.
- weights
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noun,
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- elegies
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noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- elegist
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noun,
the author of an elegy.
- glitter
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noun,
a sparkling reflected light or luster.
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Theiler
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noun,
Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- welters
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noun,
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle:
- tweeter
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noun,
a small loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of high-frequency sounds.
- tethers
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noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- wether
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noun,
a castrated male sheep.
- legist
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noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- relish
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noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- legits
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noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Legree
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noun,
Simon, Simon Legree.
- ligers
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noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- whites
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noun,
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
Compare black (def 20).
- lieges
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noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- griths
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noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lights
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noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- lethes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- reglet
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noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- grilse
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noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- Wester
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noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- Lettie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- shtetl
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noun,
(formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.
- greets
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verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- titles
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noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- whsle.
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- letter
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- heeler
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noun,
a person who heels shoes.
- legers
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noun,
ledger (def 4).
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Weight
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noun,
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- wheels
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noun,
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- litter
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- rights
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) civil rights.
- Hitler
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noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Littre
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noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- welter
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noun,
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle:
- whiles
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noun,
a period or interval of time:
- whilst
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conjunction,
Chiefly British. while.
- tweets
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noun,
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- Seeger
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noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- seethe
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noun,
the act of seething.
- Hester
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noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- weighs
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Idioms,
weigh anchor, Nautical. to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.
- settee
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noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- setter
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noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Settle
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noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- twirls
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noun,
an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.
- Weiser
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noun,
(Johann) Conrad, 1696–1760, American colonial Indian agent and interpreter, born in Germany.
- Sereth
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noun,
German name of Siret.
- tights
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noun,
a skin-tight, one-piece garment for the lower part of the body and the legs, now often made of stretch fabric, originally worn by dancers, acrobats, gymnasts, etc., and later made for general wear for adults and children.
- Gliere
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noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- egrets
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noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Wright
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noun,
a worker, especially a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination):
- Thetis
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noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- eights
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noun,
crazy eights.
- wriest
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adjective,
superlative of wry.
- Wither
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noun,
George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- gelees
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noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- either
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adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- Geisel
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noun,
Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
- elegit
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noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- theirs
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- tether
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noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- Thiers
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noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- tilths
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noun,
the act or operation of tilling land; tillage.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- withes
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noun,
a willow twig or osier.
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- testee
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noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- Wister
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noun,
Owen, 1860–1938, U.S. novelist.
- Teeter
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- gleets
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noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- teethe
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verb (used without object),
to grow teeth; cut one's teeth.
- Esther
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noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- te-hee
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noun,
a titter; snicker.
- teleg.
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- Getter
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noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- Street
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- terete
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adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- tithes
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noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- girths
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noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- wiglet
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noun,
a small wig, especially one used to supplement the existing hair.
- writhe
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noun,
a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.
- tither
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noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- writes
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Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- wights
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noun,
a human being.
- thirst
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noun,
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- thirls
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verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- sleigh
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noun,
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- Steele
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noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- tweet
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noun,
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- Lewes
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noun,
George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- lweis
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noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- Letts
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noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- twite
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noun,
a small finch, Carduelis flavirostris, of northern Europe, having streaked brown plumage and, in the male, a pink breast.
- tiger
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noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- REGIS
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noun,
a male given name.
- regle
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noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- tiles
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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.
- terse
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adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tight
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Idioms,
sit tight, to take no action.
- Regt.
-
- Lewis
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noun,
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
- thirl
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verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Tigre
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noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- lithe
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adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- thews
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noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- Light
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noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- twist
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noun,
a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.
- liger
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noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lith.
-
- THREE
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noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- twirl
-
noun,
an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.
- these
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Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Liege
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noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- there
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noun,
that state or condition:
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- threw
-
noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- 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.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tithe
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noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- stilt
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noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- 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.
- stge.
-
- sewer
-
noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- ster.
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sheer
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noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- Steel
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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.
- sheet
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noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- seti-
-
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- Shire
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noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shrew
-
noun,
a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- shtg.
-
- Siret
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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.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sight
-
noun,
the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- teles
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noun,
television.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- relig
-
- tele-
-
- reset
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- rhet.
-
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- tilth
-
noun,
the act or operation of tilling land; tillage.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- trigs
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noun,
trigonometry.
- trig.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- swith
-
adverb,
Chiefly British Dialect. immediately; quickly.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- swirl
-
noun,
a swirling movement; whirl; eddy.
- trews
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noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Sweet
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- sweer
-
adjective,
slothful; indolent.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- strew
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- lgth.
-
- Wight
-
noun,
a human being.
- whigs
-
noun,
American History.
a member of the patriotic party during the Revolutionary period; supporter of the Revolution.
a member of a political party (c1834–1855) that was formed in opposition to the Democratic Party, and favored economic expansion and a high protective tariff, while opposing the strength of the presidency in relation to the legislature.
- whirs
-
noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- wires
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- hier-
-
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- ewers
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- while
-
noun,
a period or interval of time:
- hist.
-
- whews
-
noun,
an utterance of “whew.”.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- whets
-
noun,
the act of whetting.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Esth.
-
- where
-
noun,
a place; that place in which something is located or occurs:
- wheel
-
noun,
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- 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 .
- wites
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- with-
-
- withe
-
noun,
a willow twig or osier.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- Wilts
-
noun,
the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- girsh
-
noun,
qirsh.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- heli-
-
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- whits
-
noun,
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):
- White
-
noun,
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
Compare black (def 20).
- ghees
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Wiles
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- Hegel
-
noun,
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- whist
-
noun,
a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding.
- Weser
-
noun,
a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- Witte
-
noun,
Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
- Welsh
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Wales and their descendants elsewhere.
- weirs
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- wrest
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- Legis
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- weigh
-
Idioms,
weigh anchor, Nautical. to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.
- wrist
-
noun,
the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- 30-30
-
- twits
-
noun,
an act of twitting.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- Isth.
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- welts
-
noun,
a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- Eth.
-
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- ter.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- est.
-
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Wilt
-
noun,
the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted:
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tel-
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Witt
-
noun,
Katarina [kat-uh-ree-nuh] /ˌkæt əˈri nə/ (Show IPA), born 1965, German figure skater.
- Ste.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- ergs
-
- Gish
-
noun,
Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
- 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).
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- slew
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Stew
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- 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.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- writ
-
noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Tit.
-
- stg.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- thi-
-
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- wish
-
noun,
an act or instance of wishing.
- wist
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of wit2 .
- Wis.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- ette
-
- 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.
- wite
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- str.
-
- the-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ger.
-
- stlg
-
- thew
-
noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- swig
-
noun,
an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught:
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- shew
-
verb (used with or without object),
show.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- ile-
-
- Reg.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- West
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Ire.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- wets
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- whee
-
interjection,
(used to express joy or delight).
- IEEE
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- whet
-
noun,
the act of whetting.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- TSgt
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Whig
-
noun,
American History.
a member of the patriotic party during the Revolutionary period; supporter of the Revolution.
a member of a political party (c1834–1855) that was formed in opposition to the Democratic Party, and favored economic expansion and a high protective tariff, while opposing the strength of the presidency in relation to the legislature.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- twit
-
noun,
an act of twitting.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- 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:
- leg.
-
- lit.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- twee
-
adjective,
affectedly dainty or quaint:
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- welt
-
noun,
a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- twig
-
noun,
a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
- twi-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- whew
-
noun,
an utterance of “whew.”.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- WHSE
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- her.
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Whit
-
noun,
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shr.
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grew
-
verb,
simple past tense of grow.
- gres
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Sig.
-
- sigh
-
noun,
the act or sound of sighing.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- 1080
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- trit
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- hgt.
-
- tri-
-
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- whir
-
noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hews
-
verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- 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.
- Wig
-
noun,
an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
- WSW
-
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- TSI
-
- 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.
- TTS
-
- TRH
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- Rs.
-
- WWI
-
- ETS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ish
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- th-
-
- ite
-
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- Lt.
-
- gi.
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- ese
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ILS
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- lg.
-
- HEW
-
verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- gre
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTS
-
- GTT
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- hr.
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- il-
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- Ges
-
- IWW
-
noun,
an international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago in 1905 and that disintegrated after 1920. Abbreviation: I.W.W., IWW.
- ier
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- IHS
-
- gl.
-
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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).
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- Sgt
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- sht
-
- Eg.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SLE
-
- EEE
-
- SLR
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- Sw.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SWG
-
- se-
-
- EEG
-
- 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.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTh
-
- ltr
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Re.
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ehr
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rtw
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- Gr.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- G.
-
- GH
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- wt
-
- WW
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- GW
-
- SG
-
- R.
-
- RH
-
- RI
-
- TT
-
- rg
-
- RW
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- w/
-
- TL
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LR
-
- WI
-
- h.
-
- WG
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HG
-
- HL
-
- i.
-
- IG
-
- WH
-
- IW
-
- WL
-
- L.
-
- LH
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LW
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.