Anagrams of close-knit
Word close-knit has
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- linstock
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noun,
a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- clokies
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noun,
cloque.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- lentisk
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noun,
mastic (def 1).
- tinkles
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noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- kineto-
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- 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.
- slicken
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become slick.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tickles
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noun,
an act or instance of tickling.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- 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.
- lockets
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noun,
a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
- Skelton
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noun,
John, c1460–1529, English poet.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- 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.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- stickle
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verb (used without object),
to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- tickle
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noun,
an act or instance of tickling.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- closet
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- koines
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- clonks
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noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- sicken
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Kosice
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noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- colent
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- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- steno-
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- eikons
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noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- cteno-
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- oleins
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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.
- stinko
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adjective,
drunk.
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- 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.
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- socket
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noun,
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Kleist
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noun,
(Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von [bernt hahyn-rikh vil-helm fuh n] /bɛrnt ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
- K-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Kelson
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noun,
keelson.
- silken
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adjective,
made of silk.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- nocti-
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- nickel
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noun,
Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
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- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- likens
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verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- sklent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- celto-
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- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- 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:
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- locket
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noun,
a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- clino-
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- 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.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- 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.
- 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.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- inkles
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noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- 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.
- tinkle
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noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clinks
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noun,
a clinking sound.
- 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.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- sickle
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noun,
an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- ikons
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noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ileo-
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- oste-
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- Sino-
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- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- icons
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- inkle
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noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- scoke
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noun,
pokeweed.
- insol
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- 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.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- sicko
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noun,
sickie (def 1).
- Scot.
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- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- sect.
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- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- incl.
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- seti-
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- inst.
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- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- licks
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noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- Kelso
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noun,
a town in SW Washington.
- Nicks
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noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- lect.
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- noct-
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- nocks
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noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lenos
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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.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- licet
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- Kosti
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noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- liken
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verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- likes
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noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- necks
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noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- links
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noun,
golf course.
- lotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- locks
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noun,
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Kolis
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noun,
a people of low caste in northern India.
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- kines
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noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kelts
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noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- kenos
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noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- keto-
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- olein
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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.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- kilns
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noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- kilo-
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- kilos
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noun,
kilogram.
- kilts
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noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- oinks
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noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- Koine
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- kinos
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noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- OIcel
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- kites
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noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Klein
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1849–1925, German mathematician.
- Kline
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noun,
Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- knelt
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noun,
the action or position of kneeling.
- sito-
-
- Knies
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noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- knits
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noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- koels
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noun,
any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- Ickes
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noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- Locke
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noun,
Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- skein
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noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Close
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noun,
the act of closing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- ticks
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noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- coel-
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- coils
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cokes
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noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- teno-
-
- Coles
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
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noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colin
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- telos
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noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- Icel.
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- clonk
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noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
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noun,
count2 .
- Stone
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- coset
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noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- stole
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noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stoke
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noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- cotes
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noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stock
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noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stink
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noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- 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.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 30-30
-
- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toles
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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: ¢.
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- 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.
- 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.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- cine-
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- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- 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.
- clink
-
noun,
a clinking sound.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- Elkin
-
noun,
Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sloke
-
noun,
algae or seaweed.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slink
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- encl.
-
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- slick
-
noun,
a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it:
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- ecto-
-
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- ento-
-
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- tion
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- silk
-
noun,
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- neo-
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lock
-
noun,
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- Loki
-
noun,
a trickster god, born of Jotun ancestry but accepted among the Aesir as Odin's adopted brother: father of the monsters Fenrir, Hel, and the Midgard serpent, and the instigator of Balder's death.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- NCTE
-
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- soln
-
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Oct.
-
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Soni
-
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- ole-
-
- Ont.
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- not-
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- ten.
-
- sec.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 1080
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- ket-
-
- Kiel
-
noun,
the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.
- Kiln
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- kilt
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- KCSI
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- Knt.
-
- koel
-
noun,
any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Koli
-
noun,
a people of low caste in northern India.
- Koln
-
noun,
German name of Cologne.
- Kelt
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- kc/s
-
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ile-
-
- Ice.
-
- ilks
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inc.
-
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- est.
-
- eco-
-
- eso-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ens.
-
- iso-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- itol
-
- enc.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- ect-
-
- Col.
-
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- cis-
-
- cit.
-
- 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.
- Ceto
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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:
- Lick
-
noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- like
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- cet-
-
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Link
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- leks
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- 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.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lit.
-
- 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.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- 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.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- CEO
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TSI
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- TSE
-
- SLE
-
- Esc
-
- Esk
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- 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.
- cl.
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- ETS
-
- ETO
-
- ct.
-
- Skt
-
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- ESL
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CIE
-
- CLI
-
- STL
-
- CSO
-
- csk
-
- TKO
-
- cle
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- TLC
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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.
- clk
-
- Clo
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- stk
-
- CST
-
- en-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- elk
-
noun,
Also called European elk. the moose, Alces alces.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EIS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- St.
-
- cte
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- STI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- tlo
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- IOC
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ock
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- LCI
-
- Lt.
-
- ksi
-
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OTC
-
- OCS
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- kn.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- 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.
- OIt
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kil
-
- LCT
-
- Lek
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- ONI
-
- NEC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- NCO
-
- ne-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- NOC
-
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- nik
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oic
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IOT
-
- ion
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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 = .
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
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- SIC
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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).
- ink
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noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- ine
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- in.
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- ILS
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- ILO
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ilk
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noun,
family, class, or kind:
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- ite
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- se-
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- OTS
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- sc.
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- So.
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- ote
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- ot-
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- ons
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- kCi
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- ose
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- Kt.
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- O.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- K2
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noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- OK
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noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- KC
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- NI
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- N.
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- i.
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- NC
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- ic
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- ol
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- KI
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noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- CE
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- ln
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
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- TL
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- KO
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noun,
a knockout in boxing.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LC
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L1
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- L2
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- SL
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- K.
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- le
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- TC
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- T1
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
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- SN
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- t.
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- ck
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- tk
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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