Anagrams of brother-in-law
Word brother-in-law has
1537 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of brother-in-law.
- lionheart
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noun,
a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- earthborn
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adjective,
born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
- Liberator
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noun,
a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- abhorrent
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adjective,
causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome:
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- airborne
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adjective,
carried by the air, as pollen or dust.
- Hartline
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noun,
Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- tailbone
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noun,
the coccyx.
- Alberoni
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noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- hibernal
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adjective,
of or relating to winter; wintry.
- Rinehart
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noun,
Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- horrible
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adjective,
causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful:
- hot-wire
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adjective,
Electricity, Engineering. depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated:
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- arterio-
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- Rathbone
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noun,
Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- ironware
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noun,
articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.
- interwar
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adjective,
occurring during a period of peace between two wars, especially between World War I and World War II.
- antihero
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noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Iolanthe
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noun,
an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- horntail
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noun,
any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- Borrelia
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noun,
any of several spiral, parasitic bacteria of the genus Borrelia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, other mammals, or birds.
- writable
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adjective,
capable of being written or set down in writing.
- low-rate
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verb (used with object),
to place a low value on:
- Lorraine
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noun,
Also, Lorrain. Claude (Claude Gelée) 1600–82, French painter.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- biathlon
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noun,
a contest in which cross-country skiers, carrying rifles, shoot at targets at four stops along a 12.5-mile (20 km) course.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- arthro-
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- towline
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noun,
a line, hawser, or the like, by which anything is or may be towed.
- howbeit
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adverb,
Archaic. nevertheless.
- Bothnia
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending N between Sweden and Finland. About 400 miles (645 km) long.
- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Wharton
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noun,
Edith, 1862–1937, U.S. novelist.
- horrent
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adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- trailer
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- Weirton
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noun,
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- ribwort
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noun,
English plantain.
- arteri-
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- blow-in
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adjective,
(of a piece of advertising) inserted in but not attached to a magazine or newspaper:
- Rhetian
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noun,
Raetic.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- bitonal
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adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- blather
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noun,
foolish, voluble talk:
- inthral
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- Bleriot
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noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- blither
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adjective,
joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful:
- relator
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- inhaler
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noun,
an apparatus or device used in inhaling medicinal vapors, anesthetics, etc.
- hobnail
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noun,
a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
- bloater
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- arbiter
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noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Wheaton
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noun,
a town in central Maryland.
- Holbein
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noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), ("the elder") 1465?–1524, German painter.
- hirable
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adjective,
able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- Roberta
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- bow-net
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noun,
a clam-shaped net for trapping hawks, set open and baited with a pigeon, and closed upon the hawk by means of a trigger sprung from a blind.
- thrower
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noun,
a person or thing that throws.
- broiler
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noun,
any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.
- brothel
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noun,
a house of prostitution.
- Brother
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noun,
a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.
- Brownie
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noun,
a tiny, fanciful, good-natured brown elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.
- therian
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noun,
a therian animal.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- enthral
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- ethanol
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noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- ethnol.
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- tinware
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noun,
articles made of tin plate.
- bowline
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noun,
Also called bowline knot. a knot used to make a nonslipping loop on the end of a rope.
- trawler
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noun,
a person who trawls.
- Hilbert
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; German dah-vit] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; German ˈdɑ vɪt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1943, German mathematician.
- warbler
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noun,
any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae.
Compare blackcap (def 1), reed warbler.
- Herriot
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- hernio-
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- heritor
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noun,
inheritor.
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Herbart
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noun,
Johann Friedrich [yoh-hahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1776–1841, German philosopher and educator.
- twirler
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noun,
a person or thing that twirls.
- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- Antheil
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noun,
George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
- Harriet
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noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- triable
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- neolith
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noun,
a Neolithic stone implement.
- hotline
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noun,
hot line.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Lothian
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noun,
a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- althorn
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noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- Latrobe
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noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- rarebit
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- norther
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noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- rainbow
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noun,
a bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of rain.
Compare primary rainbow, secondary rainbow.
- Oberlin
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noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- laborer
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noun,
a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training:
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- orbiter
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noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- Othniel
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noun,
a judge of Israel. Judges 3:9.
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- notable
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noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- ornith-
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- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- 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.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Norbert
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noun,
a male given name.
- Alebion
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- rathole
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noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- rebirth
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noun,
a new or second birth:
- writhen
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adjective,
twisted.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- Another
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pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- Realtor
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- antero-
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- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- orbital
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- errant
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adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Briton
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- lobate
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adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- loathe
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verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- thoria
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noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- eolith
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noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- litho.
-
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Browne
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noun,
Charles Farrer [far-er] /ˈfær ər/ (Show IPA), ("Artemus Ward") 1834–67, U.S. humorist.
- Neilah
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noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- Obelia
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- theol.
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- thenar
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noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- theirn
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pronoun,
theirs.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- oblate
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- enhalo
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verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Nobile
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noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- boiler
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- Bohlen
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noun,
Charles Eustis [yoo-stis] /ˈyu stɪs/ (Show IPA), ("Chip") 1904–74, U.S. diplomat.
- tobira
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noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- boater
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatel
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- nitro-
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- Naboth
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noun,
the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- blower
-
noun,
a person or thing that blows.
- narrow
-
noun,
a narrow part, place, or thing.
- Blithe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Blaine
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noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- Newari
-
noun,
a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- no-hit
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- breath
-
noun,
the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- Bowler
-
noun,
a person who bowl, especially a participant in a bowling game, as candlepins or tenpins.
- thrawn
-
adjective,
twisted; crooked; distorted.
- rhino-
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- throne
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noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- nother
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adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- bowtel
-
noun,
boltel (def 1).
- ethion
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noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- thrown
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noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- bother
-
noun,
something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying:
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Boreal
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adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- inwale
-
noun,
(in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- ethno-
-
- labret
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- howlet
-
noun,
an owl or owlet.
- labio-
-
- howler
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- retro-
-
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- iatro-
-
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- inter.
-
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- in-law
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- rrhoea
-
- Hebron
-
noun,
an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Harrow
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- Harlow
-
noun,
Jean, 1911–37, U.S. motion-picture actress.
- harbor
-
noun,
a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Harbin
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- habile
-
adjective,
skillful; dexterous; adroit.
- Tarnow
-
noun,
a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- helio-
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- henbit
-
noun,
a common weed, Lamium amplexicaule, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers.
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- Lawton
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- Hobart
-
noun,
Garret Augustus [gar-it] /ˈgær ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1844–99, U.S. lawyer and politician: vice president of the U.S. 1897–99.
- Hitler
-
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.
- Robert
-
noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- Hilton
-
noun,
Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- herbal
-
noun,
a book about herbs or plants, usually describing their medicinal values.
- hiero-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Herrin
-
noun,
a town in S Illinois.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Berith
-
noun,
Brith.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- tribo-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Winter
-
noun,
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- wintle
-
noun,
a rolling or staggering motion.
- Barrow
-
noun,
a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, especially such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow.
- alwite
-
adjective,
white (def 11).
- barrio
-
noun,
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- Wilton
-
noun,
a carpet woven like Brussels carpet, on a Jacquard loom but having the loops cut to form a velvet pile.
- aeron.
-
- Bertha
-
noun,
a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- arthr-
-
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- whaler
-
noun,
a person or vessel employed in whaling.
- bewail
-
verb (used with object),
to express deep sorrow for; lament:
- Whalen
-
noun,
Philip, 1923–2002, U.S. poet.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- withal
-
adverb,
with it all; as well; besides.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- arbtrn
-
- Wither
-
noun,
George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- trowel
-
noun,
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- antho-
-
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- batho-
-
- anthol
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Alioth
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Ursa Major.
- bather
-
noun,
a person or thing that bathes.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Albion
-
noun,
Alebion.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- albino
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- Bartow
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- barrel
-
noun,
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- Barron
-
noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- whiten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become white.
- Walton
-
noun,
Ernest Thomas Sinton [sin-tn] /ˈsɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel prize 1951.
- awhirl
-
adjective,
rotating rapidly; spinning; whirling (usually used predicatively):
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barlow
-
noun,
a large pocketknife with one blade.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- wraith
-
noun,
an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- Walter
-
noun,
Bruno [broo-noh] /ˈbru noʊ/ (Show IPA), (Bruno Schlesinger) 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.
- barit.
-
- Waiter
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- wahine
-
noun,
(in Hawaii and Polynesia) a girl or young woman.
- wealth
-
noun,
a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches:
- wreath
-
noun,
a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- Warren
-
noun,
a place where rabbits breed or abound.
- Warner
-
noun,
Charles Dudley [duhd-lee] /ˈdʌd li/ (Show IPA), 1829–1900, U.S. editor and essayist.
- Warhol
-
noun,
Andy, 1928–87, U.S. artist.
- writhe
-
noun,
a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- writer
-
noun,
a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- warble
-
noun,
a warbled song or succession of melodic trills, quavers, etc.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- awhile
-
adverb,
for a short time or period:
- Townie
-
noun,
a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- in-lb
-
- while
-
noun,
a period or interval of time:
- inlaw
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- whirr
-
noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- rawin
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- 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).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Waler
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- anth-
-
- ante-
-
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- whine
-
noun,
a whining utterance, sound, or tone.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Iowan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- anti-
-
- rowel
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- baith
-
adjective, pronoun,
both.
- Iran.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- hier-
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- Horeb
-
noun,
a mountain sometimes identified with Mount Sinai.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- rhoea
-
- howel
-
noun,
a channel cut along the inside edge of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- arrow
-
noun,
a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Werra
-
noun,
a river in central Germany, flowing N from the Thuringian Forest and joining the Fulda River to form the Weser River. 181 miles (291 km) long.
- Whale
-
noun,
any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- ation
-
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- hort.
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhin-
-
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- reni-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ileo-
-
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- areo-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Hoban
-
noun,
James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- arith
-
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Arnel
-
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- wheat
-
noun,
the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- rhet.
-
- wheal
-
noun,
a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- Ital.
-
- withe
-
noun,
a willow twig or osier.
- Worth
-
noun,
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Loewi
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Nowel
-
noun,
Noel (def 2).
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Norw.
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- liwan
-
noun,
iwan.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- with-
-
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- Lith.
-
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- obeah
-
noun,
a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- witan
-
noun,
the members of the national council or witenagemot.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- wirra
-
interjection,
an exclamation of sorrow or lament.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nebr.
-
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Neth.
-
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- 30-30
-
- wroth
-
adjective,
angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively):
- natl.
-
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- wrier
-
adjective,
comparative of wry.
- Lower
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- lowan
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- abhor
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Wrath
-
noun,
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Wotan
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- OBrit
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- whort
-
noun,
the whortleberry.
- owlet
-
noun,
a young owl.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- whorl
-
noun,
a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Balt.
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- whole
-
noun,
the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number:
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- alti-
-
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- alto-
-
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Alwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- wirer
-
noun,
a person who wires.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Olwen
-
noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- orial
-
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Wilno
-
noun,
Polish name of Vilnius.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orth.
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- water
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Twain
-
noun,
Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trawl
-
noun,
Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- terr.
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Borah
-
noun,
William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- theo-
-
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- theor
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- tera-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Barth
-
noun,
John (Simmons) [sim-uh nz] /ˈsɪm ənz/ (Show IPA), born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- twine
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- bathe
-
noun,
British.
the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
a swimming bath.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- bowel
-
noun,
Anatomy.
Usually, bowels. the intestine.
a part of the intestine.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Elwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- elbow
-
noun,
the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- teno-
-
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- thraw
-
adjective,
Scot. thrawn (def 1).
- Botha
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1919, South African general and statesman.
- brawn
-
noun,
strong, well-developed muscles.
- brawl
-
noun,
a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- threw
-
noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- throb
-
noun,
the act of throbbing.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Brale
-
- Bothe
-
noun,
Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1891–1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Bowie
-
noun,
James, 1799–1836, U.S. soldier and pioneer.
- Bower
-
noun,
a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- thio-
-
- berth
-
noun,
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- Behan
-
noun,
Brendan (Francis) [bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/ (Show IPA), 1923–64, Irish playwright.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Brown
-
noun,
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- broth
-
noun,
thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
- belah
-
noun,
beefwood.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Brith
-
noun,
the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- Brit.
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- below
-
adverb,
in or toward a lower place:
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- baro-
-
- biont
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- biol.
-
- towel
-
noun,
an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- halo-
-
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- twirl
-
noun,
an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- birth
-
noun,
an act or instance of being born:
- heli-
-
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- rrhea
-
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- Waite
-
noun,
Morrison Remick [rem-ik] /ˈrɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- tonia
-
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- Bowen
-
noun,
Catherine (Shober) Drinker [shoh-ber dring-ker] /ˈʃoʊ bər ˈdrɪŋ kər/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, U.S. biographer and essayist.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Bart.
-
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- blown
-
noun,
a blast of air or wind:
- telo-
-
- erron
-
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bihar
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 38,301 sq. mi. (99,200 sq. km). Capital: Patna.
- Bohea
-
noun,
an inferior grade of black tea.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tawie
-
adjective,
docile; easy to manage.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- towie
-
noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- habit
-
noun,
an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tion
-
- wrnt
-
- NTIA
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- NWLB
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tri-
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- 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.
- Tob.
-
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Nor.
-
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- NRAB
-
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- NLRB
-
- TRIB
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ole-
-
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- wale
-
noun,
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- wail
-
noun,
the act of wailing.
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- rit.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- welt
-
noun,
a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- Wain
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tanh
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Wal.
-
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- thi-
-
- tab.
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- want
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- RONA
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Wait
-
noun,
an act or instance of waiting or awaiting; delay; halt:
- wart
-
noun,
a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- weal
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- what
-
noun,
the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics:
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- RIBA
-
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- whoa
-
interjection,
stop! (used especially to horses).
- tron
-
- thew
-
noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tRNA
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Wilt
-
noun,
the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted:
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- ten.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- when
-
noun,
the time of anything:
- whet
-
noun,
the act of whetting.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- twin
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- ter.
-
- whin
-
noun,
any thorny or prickly shrub, especially gorse.
- rel.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- twi-
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- whir
-
noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- Tewa
-
noun,
a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Whit
-
noun,
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- thaw
-
noun,
the act or process of thawing.
- the-
-
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- 1080
-
- neo-
-
- bio-
-
- hwan
-
noun,
a former monetary unit of South Korea.
- biwa
-
noun,
Lake, the largest lake in Japan, on Honshu, near Kyoto. 260 sq. mi. (673 sq. km).
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- blah
-
noun,
nonsense; rubbish:
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- IBEW
-
- ible
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- howl
-
noun,
the cry of a dog, wolf, etc.
- ile-
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- BLit
-
- hol-
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blew
-
noun,
a blast of air or wind:
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- blaw
-
verb (used with or without object),
blow2 .
- Howe
-
noun,
a hole.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- inae
-
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- bawn
-
noun,
a rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.
- itol
-
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- bawl
-
noun,
a loud shout; outcry.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Lab.
-
- Barr
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Ire.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Bhil
-
noun,
a people inhabiting the hills of west central India.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iowa
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- Beth
-
noun,
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Lani
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Brew
-
noun,
a quantity brewed in a single process.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Hab.
-
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- braw
-
adjective,
fine or fine-looking; excellent.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hal-
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- enl.
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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).
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- brow
-
noun,
Anatomy. the ridge over the eye.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eth.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- btl.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Bohr
-
noun,
Aage Niels [aw-guh neels] /ˈɔ gə nils/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, Danish physicist: Nobel Prize 1975 (son of Niels Bohr).
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- hewn
-
adjective,
felled and roughly shaped by hewing:
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- Bol.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- bowl
-
noun,
a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
- both
-
pronoun,
the one as well as the other:
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- HEAO
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Heb.
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bot.
-
- Hebr
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- bar.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- alt.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- alow
-
adverb,
below decks.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lit.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Alb.
-
- lin.
-
- Lib.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- art.
-
- arr.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- abr.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Nah.
-
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- AWOL
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Neh.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Aire
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- 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:
- bal.
-
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- lea.
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- lawn
-
noun,
a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- baht
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- ator
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- EbN
-
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- BRE
-
- al.
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- wob
-
- Tro
-
- ab-
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ae.
-
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- AHE
-
- abt
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- wab
-
noun,
web.
- eo-
-
- BWI
-
- BTW
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- 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.
- WRA
-
- BTh
-
- ea.
-
- BTE
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Bt.
-
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- AHL
-
- BRT
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Ar.
-
- TWA
-
noun,
a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- ean
-
- an.
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- TIA
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- bi-
-
- Web
-
noun,
something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Bn.
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- BIE
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- BHT
-
- AWL
-
noun,
a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- AWB
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ble
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- BLA
-
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- be-
-
- Bow
-
noun,
an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
- Wat
-
noun,
a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- wha
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- Br.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- BEW
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TRH
-
- BHA
-
- WbN
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- bl.
-
- TNB
-
- WHO
-
Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- BHL
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- OWI
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- Law
-
noun,
the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- lhb
-
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- Re.
-
- ONI
-
- ite
-
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- REA
-
- RBI
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- ITA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- La.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ThB
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- INH
-
- NbE
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NWT
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIH
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- NIA
-
- NHL
-
- NHI
-
- NHA
-
- NbW
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- 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:
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ltr
-
- LTh
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- obl
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- OBE
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- LTA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ob.
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- LON
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Lt.
-
- ine
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- haw
-
noun,
a sound or pause of hesitation.
Compare hem2 (def 3).
- HBO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- rtw
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HEW
-
verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- TAL
-
- RNA
-
- ETO
-
- th-
-
- Ehr
-
- eir
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- ETR
-
- TBA
-
- taw
-
noun,
a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- hr.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- RNR
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hob
-
noun,
a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- IBN
-
- ib.
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- rhb
-
- LBO
-
- ier
-
- HRE
-
- ht.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- HOW
-
noun,
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- il-
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- in.
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ILO
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- IW
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- Eb
-
- L.
-
- LR
-
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- 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.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NI
-
- NL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- AO
-
- LH
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NH
-
- BH
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- TL
-
- RN
-
- TN
-
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- RI
-
- RH
-
- BO
-
- WI
-
- le
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BW
-
noun,
a black and white motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.
- R.
-
- HL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- RO
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- WL
-
- WB
-
- LW
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NW
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- i.
-
- L2
-
- ln
-
- HB
-
- w/
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- ol
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- RW
-
- WH
-
- wt
-