Anagrams of Canticles
Word Canticles has
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that can be made by using the letters of Canticles.
- calcines
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- calcites
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- canticle
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- calcite
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- calices
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noun,
plural of calix.
- ascetic
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noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- 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.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- clastic
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adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- cancels
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noun,
an act of canceling.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- calcine
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- accents
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noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Celtic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- celiac
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adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- cecils
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- calci-
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- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- calces
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noun,
a plural of calx.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- stacc.
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- cantle
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- cancel
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noun,
an act of canceling.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- lancet
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- cental
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- elints
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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.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- cleans
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- scenic
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noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- C-in-C
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- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- centi-
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- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- Castle
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noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- accent
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noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- acetic
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adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- ancile
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noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- actin-
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- latins
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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.
- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
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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.
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lactic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- accel.
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- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- encl.
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- Clint
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cleat
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Tesla
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- tical
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- nails
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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.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- scat-
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- Clite
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Icel.
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- Actis
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noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- scant
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- 30-30
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- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- lact-
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- litas
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- stile
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noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- inst.
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- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- clans
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noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clase
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- clast
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noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- scale
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- natl.
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- satin
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noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- incas
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noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- saice
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noun,
syce.
- elans
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noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- acct.
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- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Elias
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noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- acet-
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- elint
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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.
- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- licet
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- Elisa
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tinea
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ectal
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adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- eclat
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Satie
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noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- incl.
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- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- laics
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noun,
one of the laity.
- sanit
-
- acnes
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- tiles
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noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- LANCE
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- eccl.
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- Aisne
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noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Salic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- linac
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- Saite
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noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- aisle
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- antis
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noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- anils
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- cacti
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noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- caine
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noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
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noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- calc-
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- anis-
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- anile
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adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- slate
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- taels
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noun,
liang.
- tails
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noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- canc.
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- sect.
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- tains
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- canes
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noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- anise
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noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Cant.
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- ante-
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- antic
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noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
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- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- stela
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noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Asine
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noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- steal
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stane
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stale
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stain
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- taces
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noun,
tasset.
- lect.
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- Ital.
-
- snail
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noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- canst
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noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- alti-
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- celts
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noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- alien
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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.
- seti-
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- ceils
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Alice
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noun,
a city in S Texas.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Tanis
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noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- Aline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- alecs
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noun,
a herring.
- teals
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Cecil
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- cine-
-
- caste
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noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- IATSE
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- alist
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adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- 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.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- LISA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lani
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lea.
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lat.
-
- lin.
-
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Ste.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- SLIC
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ten.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- lit.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NCTE
-
- NTIA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sci.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scil
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sec.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Ens.
-
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cac-
-
- est.
-
- asc-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ance
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cet-
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cen.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ect-
-
- CCls
-
- cts.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Can.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- alt.
-
- etc.
-
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- Inc.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACLS
-
- intl
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- acc.
-
- int.
-
- ile-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Alis
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ical
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AEC
-
- TIA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ae.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- CCA
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CEC
-
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ac-
-
- TLC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- TSE
-
- CEA
-
- cc.
-
- SLA
-
- TCS
-
- ase
-
- STI
-
- ALC
-
- STL
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ASN
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TCA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- TAL
-
- ASI
-
- ast
-
- CAI
-
- ca.
-
- AIC
-
- cl.
-
- SLE
-
- ct.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- cs.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIS
-
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.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CNC
-
- CIA
-
- Ia.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ICC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- ics
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- CIC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ETS
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ESL
-
- NCC
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ne-
-
- ITC
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lt.
-
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ist
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Les
-
- ine
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Esc
-
- TSI
-
- NEA
-
- cte
-
- EIS
-
- ECA
-
- ESA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CTC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSC
-
- sc.
-
- CSA
-
- CNS
-
- CLI
-
- cle
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CIE
-
- SAE
-
- ec-
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIA
-
- NSA
-
- en-
-
- NSC
-
- NES
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NEC
-
- 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:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- le
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- SA
-
- t.
-
- L2
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- 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.
- TL
-
- TN
-
- L1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- i.
-
- TC
-
- S.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CE
-
- SN
-
- ic
-
- ln
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NL
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- 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.
- SL
-
- NI
-