Anagrams of albescent
Word albescent has
564 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of albescent.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- absence
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noun,
state of being away or not being present:
- 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.
- tenable
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adjective,
capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- enables
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verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- Beatles
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noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- cablets
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noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- baleens
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noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- Beltane
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noun,
an ancient Celtic festival observed on May Day in Scotland and Ireland to mark the beginning of summer.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- cantle
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Belsen
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noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- enlace
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Castle
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noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- elect.
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- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- blancs
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noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- cablet
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noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- enable
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verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- lancet
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- baleen
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noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- basnet
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noun,
basinet.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- cables
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noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- elance
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noun,
a quick darting movement.
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- cleans
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- celebs
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noun,
a celebrity.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- tenace
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- escent
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- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Besant
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noun,
bezant.
- abeles
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noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- selen-
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- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- tables
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- absent
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adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- betels
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noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- beaten
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noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cental
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Blase
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adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- encl.
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- blate
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noun,
bleat (def 4).
- tabes
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noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- steal
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- betel
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noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- bents
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noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- blats
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noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blest
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- 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.
- beset
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verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- Steen
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stela
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noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- betas
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noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bleat
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blent
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noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- scene
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noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- stele
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noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Blanc
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noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Elena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- BSElE
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- cesta
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noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
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noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ectal
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adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- cense
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
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- cents
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noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- eclat
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- cease
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noun,
cessation:
- cetes
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noun,
a number of badgers together.
- clans
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noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clase
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- clast
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noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- cleat
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- eaten
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sect.
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- celeb
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noun,
a celebrity.
- elans
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noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- enate
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Caleb
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noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- stane
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- stale
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sleet
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slate
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Cabet
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noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- Cable
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noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Benes
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noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- slant
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noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- canes
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noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canst
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noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
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- cants
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noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- caste
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noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- elate
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adjective,
elated.
- Cates
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noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Benet
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noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- easel
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noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Balt.
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- bales
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noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- teens
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noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- bact.
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- talcs
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noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- nabes
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noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- acet-
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- acnes
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- teals
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sable
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noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- teles
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noun,
television.
- tease
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noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LANCE
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- teels
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noun,
til.
- alecs
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noun,
a herring.
- Alene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- leets
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noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Teena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Albee
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noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- lect.
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- anele
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Asben
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noun,
Aïr.
- tele-
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- lebes
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noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- least
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- ante-
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- table
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- BANCS
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noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- ables
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- banes
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noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Bates
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noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- belts
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noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- 30-30
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- estab
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- Tesla
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- scat-
-
- beats
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noun,
a stroke or blow.
- tense
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noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- scant
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- beast
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noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Beals
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noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- taces
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noun,
tasset.
- scale
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- beans
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noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Basle
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noun,
Basel.
- laces
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Basel
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- baste
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noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- abele
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noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- lact-
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- abets
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verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- natl.
-
- taels
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noun,
liang.
- LEST
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conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ect-
-
- Neal
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noun,
a male given name.
- lent
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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.
- sec.
-
- lens
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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.
- seal
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noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- East
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noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- NEBS
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- NCTE
-
- SALT
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noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- NTSB
-
- Nast
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noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nabs
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verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Sean
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noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Sab.
-
- eats
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- SCAN
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noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- lacs
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noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- enl.
-
- Lab.
-
- scab
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noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- Ens.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Etna
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- est.
-
- ScBE
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- ELAS
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lat.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- Sat.
-
- SATB
-
- sate
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noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- lats
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noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 1080
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- asc-
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- bal.
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- BASc
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- ant.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ten.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- abs-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ance
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- Alb.
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- 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.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cal.
-
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- NEbE
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CBEL
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cels
-
- btl.
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- cts.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- BSEE
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- tab.
-
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- BSAE
-
- BSCE
-
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Ste.
-
- bet.
-
- BSEc
-
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- BSNA
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- NSA
-
- TNB
-
- TLC
-
- NEC
-
- NSC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- sc.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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:
- NES
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SBE
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- STB
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SLE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- se-
-
- SAE
-
- SCB
-
- sb.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- TAL
-
- STL
-
- SLA
-
- SBA
-
- TBA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- TSE
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- BSL
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BCS
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- bec
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BLA
-
- ble
-
- BLS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- BSA
-
- Bac
-
- BSE
-
- BSN
-
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- ca.
-
- CBE
-
- cs.
-
- NEA
-
- cl.
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BSC
-
- cle
-
- ALC
-
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abn
-
- abt
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- bl.
-
- at.
-
- be-
-
- BCL
-
- BCE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- ATB
-
- ast
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ASN
-
- ase
-
- asb
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ct.
-
- CNS
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ene
-
- LSC
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ETS
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- CSA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- LCA
-
- LCT
-
- LTA
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ESA
-
- NBA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ne-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- NBC
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- NBS
-
- LST
-
- ec-
-
- NbE
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEC
-
- ECA
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TN
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- NB
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- TL
-
- NL
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- L2
-
- ln
-
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- SN
-
- CE
-
- CB
-
- Eb
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L.
-
- LC
-
- L1
-
- BC
-
- TC
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.