Anagrams of crystalliferous
Word crystalliferous has
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- fiery-cross
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noun,
a burning cross, the rallying symbol of ancient Scotland and later of the Highlanders in case of war; later adopted by other organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan.
- lactiferous
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adjective,
producing or secreting milk:
- carrousels
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noun,
carousel.
- cross-file
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verb (used with or without object),
to register as a candidate in the primary elections of more than one party.
- oscillates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.
- cauliflory
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noun,
the production of flowers and fruits directly from the branches or trunks of woody or tropical plants.
- saliferous
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adjective,
containing or producing salt:
- trilocular
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adjective,
having three loculi, chambers, or cells.
- allosteric
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adjective,
pertaining to regulation of the rate of an enzymatic process.
- reclassify
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verb (used with object),
to classify anew.
- crystallo-
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- forestalls
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verb (used with object),
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance:
- carrioles
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noun,
cariole.
- foresails
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- forestays
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noun,
a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
- forestall
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verb (used with object),
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance:
- carousels
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- forecasts
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verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- carrousel
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noun,
carousel.
- collarets
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noun,
a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.
- foliature
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noun,
a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- fluorites
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- cassoulet
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noun,
a white-bean stew of French origin, often containing pork, mutton, garlic sausage, and preserved goose or duck.
- rallyists
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noun,
a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- flat-sour
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noun,
fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- filatures
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- strollers
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noun,
a person who takes a leisurely walk; saunterer.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- fellatios
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noun,
oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- faculties
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noun,
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
- factories
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noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- facetious
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adjective,
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- casuistry
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noun,
specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.
- fortalice
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noun,
a small fort; an outwork.
- caroluses
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noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- autolysis
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noun,
the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- artillery
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noun,
mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
- localites
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noun,
one who lives in a particular locality.
- lilaceous
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adjective,
of or approaching the color lilac.
- troiluses
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- assertory
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adjective,
stated positively; affirmative:
- loyalists
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noun,
a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- loyalties
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noun,
the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.
- Sertorius
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noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
- scrutoire
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noun,
writing desk (def 1).
- scrofulas
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noun,
primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- Isocrates
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noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- trifocals
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noun,
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.
- tricresol
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noun,
a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
- Forrestal
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noun,
James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- fruticose
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adjective,
having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- fructoses
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- Froissart
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- callosity
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noun,
a callous condition.
- oscillate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- fraileros
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noun,
an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- osculates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- fractures
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- fractious
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adjective,
refractory or unruly:
- sur-royal
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noun,
crown antler.
- suricates
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- sartorius
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noun,
a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- closetful
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noun,
an amount sufficient to fill a closet:
- teocallis
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noun,
a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
- cursorial
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adjective,
adapted for running, as the feet and skeleton of dogs, horses, etc.
- corallite
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noun,
the skeleton of a single coral polyp.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- urostyles
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noun,
the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians.
- cryolites
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.
- cloistral
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adjective,
of, relating to, or living in a cloister.
- restorals
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noun,
restoration.
- royalties
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noun,
royal persons collectively.
- crossfire
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noun,
lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- reticular
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adjective,
having the form of a net; netlike.
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- S-scroll
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noun,
an ornamental motif in the form of the letter S .
- icefalls
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noun,
a jumbled mass of ice in a glacier.
- courtesy
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noun,
excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- courtier
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noun,
a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- clusters
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- fruiters
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noun,
a cargo vessel carrying fruit.
- Courtrai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city.
- fructose
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- solstice
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- cryolite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.
- friseurs
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noun,
a hairdresser.
- Callisto
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noun,
Also, Kallisto. Classical Mythology. a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.
- calloses
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noun,
callus (def 2).
- coursers
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noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- call-out
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noun,
an act or instance of calling out.
- calluses
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noun,
Pathology, Physiology.
a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- caloyers
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noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- fratries
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noun,
frater2 .
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- criollas
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noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- crystall
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- frailero
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noun,
an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- fracturs
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noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- fracture
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noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- solitary
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noun,
a person who lives alone or in solitude, or avoids the society of others.
- illusory
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adjective,
causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- trifocal
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noun,
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.
- sellouts
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noun,
an act or instance of selling out.
- Larousse
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noun,
Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- leucosis
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noun,
leukosis.
- coituses
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- collyria
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noun,
eyewash (def 1).
- Colliers
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noun,
a ship for carrying coal.
- trousers
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noun,
Sometimes, trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.
Compare Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def 1), short (def 29a), slacks.
- trysails
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noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- colliery
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noun,
a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.
- security
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noun,
freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- seculars
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noun,
a layperson.
- collates
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verb (used with object),
to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- literacy
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- Syracuse
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noun,
a city in central New York.
- sisterly
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a sister:
- soilures
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noun,
a stain.
- coulisse
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noun,
a timber or the like having a groove for guiding a sliding panel.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- yourself
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pronoun,
(an emphatic appositive of you or ye1. ):
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- lactoses
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- costrels
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Lacrosse
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noun,
a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- systolic
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adjective,
(of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- corslets
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- corsairs
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- fortress
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noun,
a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- celosias
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- ferocity
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noun,
a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- fiascoes
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noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- elastics
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- stroller
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noun,
a person who takes a leisurely walk; saunterer.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- citruses
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- erratics
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- tarsiers
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- fistulas
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- telluric
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adjective,
of or relating to the earth; terrestrial.
- curtsies
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noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- fly-rail
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noun,
Furniture. a horizontally swinging bracket for supporting a drop leaf.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- tailleur
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noun,
a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- fellatio
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noun,
oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- floatels
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noun,
a boat or ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.
- factious
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adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- cyrtosis
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noun,
Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- Eurocrat
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noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- surfeits
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- surfaces
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- surcoats
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- suitcase
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noun,
a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- escolars
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- faitours
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- fallouts
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noun,
the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout)
Compare rainout.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- farceurs
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noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- flytiers
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noun,
a person who makes artificial lures for fly-fishing.
- Castillo
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- Carlisle
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noun,
John Griffin [grif-in] /ˈgrɪf ɪn/ (Show IPA), 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
- Treasury
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noun,
a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- crustose
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adjective,
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
- carriole
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noun,
cariole.
- forestay
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noun,
a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
- crullers
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noun,
a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
- cruisers
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noun,
a person or thing that cruises.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- carouses
-
noun,
carousal.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- clysters
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noun,
an enema.
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- crosslet
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- forestry
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noun,
the science of planting and taking care of trees and forests.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- crofters
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noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- curators
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- Carrolls
-
noun,
Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.
- curtseys
-
noun,
curtsy.
- floruits
-
noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- literary
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature:
- florists
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- Cassirer
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noun,
Ernst [urnst,, ernst] /ɜrnst,, ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1945, German philosopher.
- stir-fry
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noun,
a dish of stir-fried meat, vegetables, etc.
- cure-all
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noun,
panacea.
- fluerics
-
noun,
fluidics.
- fluorite
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- teocalli
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noun,
a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
- flurries
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noun,
a light, brief shower of snow.
- flusters
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noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- forecast
-
verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- crosiers
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- collaret
-
noun,
a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.
- roisters
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Lucretia
-
noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- relators
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- scarious
-
adjective,
thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- alfresco
-
adverb,
out-of-doors; in the open air:
- rosaries
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- saltiers
-
noun,
saltire.
- scrofula
-
noun,
primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- actressy
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adjective,
self-consciously stagy in style or manner; exaggeratedly theatrical:
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- scouters
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- lucifers
-
noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- ulterior
-
adjective,
being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
- oralists
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- scullery
-
noun,
a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- oculists
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- scurries
-
noun,
a scurrying rush:
- outflies
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in flying, especially in speed or distance:
- outraces
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- rallyist
-
noun,
a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- safroles
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- acolytes
-
noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- turrical
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a turret.
- outsells
-
verb (used with object),
to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than:
- roasters
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- rocaille
-
noun,
Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- sclerous
-
adjective,
hard; firm; bony.
- rustlers
-
noun,
a cattle thief.
- resistor
-
noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- Arcesius
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- scourers
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- royalist
-
noun,
a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- restoral
-
noun,
restoration.
- outsails
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- raillery
-
noun,
good-humored ridicule; banter.
- Alcestis
-
noun,
Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
- roysters
-
verb (used without object),
roister.
- scarlets
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- scurrile
-
adjective,
scurrilous.
- refusals
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- outfalls
-
noun,
the outlet or place of discharge of a river, drain, sewer, etc.
- sautoirs
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- localite
-
noun,
one who lives in a particular locality.
- locality
-
noun,
a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there:
- rousters
-
noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- utricles
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- arterio-
-
- rictuses
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- rotifers
-
noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- loricate
-
adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- Rotifera
-
noun,
the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- Aloysius
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “famous warrior.”.
- air-core
-
adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- Loyalist
-
noun,
a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- outclass
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior:
- ossature
-
noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- osculate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- rurality
-
noun,
rural character.
- urostyle
-
noun,
the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians.
- uralites
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- rosulate
-
adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rotaries
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- outfaces
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- saltires
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- sacristy
-
noun,
an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- refracts
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- realtors
-
- outcries
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- salsify
-
noun,
a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
- Taylors
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Sallust
-
noun,
(Caius Sallustius Crispus) 86–34 b.c, Roman historian.
- estrays
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- sutlers
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- eslisor
-
noun,
elisor.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- tailles
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- results
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- restful
-
adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- retiary
-
adjective,
using a net or any entangling device.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Erastus
-
noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- Ercilla
-
noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- farcies
-
noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- faitour
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- fallers
-
noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- fallout
-
noun,
the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout)
Compare rainout.
- falsity
-
noun,
the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- refract
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- falters
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- farceur
-
noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- refills
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- sullies
-
noun,
Obsolete. a stain; soil.
- failles
-
noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- far-out
-
adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- Farrell
-
noun,
Eileen, 1920–2002, U.S. soprano.
- sulfite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- Fascist
-
noun,
a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- sulfate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- fatsoes
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- faucets
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- sulcate
-
adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- failure
-
noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- estrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- estuary
-
noun,
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
- Surtsey
-
noun,
an island S of and belonging to Iceland: formed by an undersea volcano 1963. About one mile (1.5 km) in diameter; about 500 feet (150 meters) high.
- surreys
-
noun,
a light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons.
- surreal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- Etruria
-
noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- refusal
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- surfeit
-
noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- surface
-
noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- relator
-
noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- factory
-
noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- factors
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- facture
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- faculty
-
noun,
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
- taluses
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- sallies
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- Rosella
-
noun,
any of several large, colorful parakeets of the genus Platycercus, of Australia.
- tylosis
-
noun,
a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- rostral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- Coulter
-
noun,
colter.
- rosters
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Courier
-
noun,
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
- courser
-
noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- Rossiya
-
noun,
Russian name of Russia.
- Russell
-
noun,
Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl, 1872–1970, English philosopher, mathematician, and author: Nobel Prize in literature 1950.
- courses
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Roscius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- courtly
-
adverb,
in a courtly manner; politely or flatteringly.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- cresols
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- rollers
-
noun,
a person or thing that rolls.
- rustics
-
noun,
a country person.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- crissal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- Roulers
-
noun,
a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
- collars
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- collat.
-
- collate
-
verb (used with object),
to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- routers
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- collets
-
noun,
a collar or enclosing band.
- Collier
-
noun,
a ship for carrying coal.
- rouster
-
noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- Roussel
-
noun,
Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- colures
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Corelli
-
noun,
Arcangelo [ahr-kahn-je-law] /ɑrˈkɑn dʒɛˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1653–1713, Italian violinist and composer.
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- Coryell
-
noun,
John Russell, 1848–1924, U.S. author of detective and adventure stories.
- Corliss
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- corrals
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- correl.
-
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- rotifer
-
noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- corsets
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- criolla
-
noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Crystal
-
noun,
a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curlers
-
noun,
a person or thing that curls.
- cursory
-
adjective,
going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial:
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- riflery
-
noun,
the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- curtsey
-
noun,
curtsy.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cutlass
-
noun,
a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailors.
- cutlery
-
noun,
cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- earfuls
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- tearful
-
adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- ecstasy
-
noun,
rapturous delight.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sallets
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- curator
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- curares
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- royster
-
verb (used without object),
roister.
- cruelty
-
noun,
the state or quality of being cruel.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Croesus
-
noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- rustler
-
noun,
a cattle thief.
- crofter
-
noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- rustles
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- crossly
-
adverb,
in a cross or angry manner.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- cruiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that cruises.
- cullies
-
noun,
Archaic. a dupe.
- cruises
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruller
-
noun,
a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- rissole
-
noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- terrify
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- cuestas
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cuirass
-
noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- cullets
-
noun,
broken or waste glass suitable for remelting.
- rectory
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- Realtor
-
- rectify
-
verb (used with object),
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct:
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- sorcery
-
noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- ictuses
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- solutes
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- scorify
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to scorification.
- Sollars
-
noun,
solar2 .
- ocellus
-
noun,
a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- ocellar
-
adjective,
pertaining to an ocellus.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- solaces
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- ill-use
-
noun,
Also, ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
- scourer
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- illust.
-
- you-all
-
pronoun,
(used in direct address to two or more persons, or to one person who represents a family, organization, etc.):
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- icefall
-
noun,
a jumbled mass of ice in a glacier.
- sorrels
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- lustres
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- scleral
-
adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- stellar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- frescos
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- stearo-
-
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Curtiss
-
noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- friseur
-
noun,
a hairdresser.
- scillas
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- frolics
-
noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- Ialysus
-
noun,
an ancient Mycenaean city on the island of Rhodes.
- scleras
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sclero-
-
- fruiter
-
noun,
a cargo vessel carrying fruit.
- oestrus
-
noun,
estrus.
- fullers
-
noun,
a person who fulls cloth.
- furcate
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- souters
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- fustics
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- soucars
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- lustral
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or employed in the lustrum, or rite of purification.
- stellas
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- Leofric
-
noun,
died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- sferics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- locules
-
noun,
a small compartment or chamber, as the pollen-containing cavity within an anther.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- serious
-
noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- locular
-
adjective,
having one or more locules.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- sellout
-
noun,
an act or instance of selling out.
- lyrists
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lysates
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- listels
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- listers
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- locales
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- sierras
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Leclair
-
noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- socials
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- systole
-
noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- sluices
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- lusters
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- slicers
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- Lucifer
-
noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- scrolls
-
noun,
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it:
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lotuses
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- sifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- larries
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- Silures
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Laurier
-
noun,
Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
- lauroyl
-
adjective,
containing the lauroyl group.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- sillers
-
noun,
silver.
- Sillery
-
noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec.
- orality
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- scarify
-
verb (used with object),
to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- recruit
-
noun,
a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- rasures
-
noun,
an erasure.
- reality
-
noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- storeys
-
noun,
story2 .
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- salutes
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- flytier
-
noun,
a person who makes artificial lures for fly-fishing.
- sarcous
-
adjective,
consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- floatel
-
noun,
a boat or ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.
- rasters
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- fissure
-
noun,
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- Floreal
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the eighth month of the year, extending from April 20 to May 19.
- florets
-
noun,
a small flower.
- florist
-
noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- rayless
-
adjective,
lacking rays or raylike parts.
- floruit
-
noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- rafters
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Flossie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- fistula
-
noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fiscals
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- flueric
-
noun,
fluidics.
- fiascos
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- sucrose
-
noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- ferrous
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.
- ferulas
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- festuca
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- sucrase
-
noun,
invertase.
- strolls
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- fiacres
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- firstly
-
adverb,
in the first place; first.
- ficuses
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- recalls
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- fiestas
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- filasse
-
noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- strafes
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- fillers
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- fillets
-
noun,
Cookery.
a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- re-ally
-
verb (used with or without object),
to ally again or anew.
- filosus
-
adjective,
fibratus.
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- satisfy
-
verb (used with object),
to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to:
- fraters
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- stifles
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- Forster
-
noun,
E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- ostiary
-
noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- ossuary
-
noun,
a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- ossicle
-
noun,
a small bone.
- fossula
-
noun,
a small fossa.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- Fosters
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Fourier
-
noun,
François Marie Charles [frahn-swa ma-ree sharl] /frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1772–1837, French socialist, writer, and reformer.
- Forrest
-
noun,
Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- fractur
-
noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- fractus
-
adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- frailty
-
noun,
the quality or state of being frail.
- fraises
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- scalers
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- ostlers
-
noun,
hostler.
- forests
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- fluoric
-
adjective,
Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
- stylers
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- fluster
-
noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- outsell
-
verb (used with object),
to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than:
- fluters
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- focuses
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- follies
-
noun,
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- forcers
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- outfall
-
noun,
the outlet or place of discharge of a river, drain, sewer, etc.
- outface
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- saucers
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- ousters
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- ourself
-
pronoun,
one's own person, individuality, etc., considered as private and apart from others:
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- ouraris
-
noun,
curare.
- saurels
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- friarly
-
adjective,
of or relating to friars.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- ulsters
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Austro-
-
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- carroty
-
adjective,
like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- Carroll
-
noun,
Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.
- arrests
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- clarity
-
noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- cerato-
-
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- carrels
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- closure
-
noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- arteri-
-
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- caseous
-
adjective,
of or like cheese.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- AFL-CIO
-
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- clarify
-
verb (used with object),
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- auricle
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- closets
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- callous
-
adjective,
made hard; hardened.
- all-out
-
adjective,
using all one's resources; complete; total:
- caloyer
-
noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- tollers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- cesuras
-
noun,
caesura.
- allures
-
noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- torrify
-
verb (used with object),
torrefy.
- clerisy
-
noun,
learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.
- trefoil
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- tollies
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- callose
-
noun,
callus (def 2).
- tuilles
-
noun,
a tasset.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- callers
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- clearly
-
adverb,
in a clear manner:
- arouses
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- Ulfilas
-
noun,
a.d. c311–c382, Christian bishop to the Goths: translated Bible into the Gothic language.
- closers
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Carlyle
-
noun,
Thomas, 1795–1881, Scottish essayist and historian.
- triaryl
-
adjective,
containing three aryl groups.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- certify
-
verb (used with object),
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm:
- careful
-
adjective,
cautious in one's actions:
- carfuls
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Clytius
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a brother of Priam killed by Hercules.
- clyster
-
noun,
an enema.
- torrefy
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- acetify
-
verb (used with or without object),
to turn into vinegar; make or become acetous.
- tousles
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- causeys
-
noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- castors
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- toilful
-
adjective,
characterized by or involving toil; laborious; toilsome.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- casuist
-
noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- trolley
-
noun,
trolley car.
- astrol.
-
- trailer
-
noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- acolyte
-
noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- trysail
-
noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- cellist
-
noun,
a person who plays the cello.
- castles
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- trouser
-
noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Torelli
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- tracery
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- Utrillo
-
noun,
Maurice [maw-rees;; French maw-rees] /mɔˈris;; French mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, French painter (son of Suzanne Valadon).
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- Celsius
-
noun,
Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- cautery
-
noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- fruity
-
adjective,
resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- Calif.
-
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- layout
-
noun,
an arrangement or plan:
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- astro-
-
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Cayuse
-
noun,
Western U.S. a horse, especially an Indian pony.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- tressy
-
adjective,
resembling or having tresses.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Laurel
-
noun,
Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Compare laurel family.
- fusils
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- furors
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- Fuller
-
noun,
a person who fulls cloth.
- lately
-
adverb,
of late; recently; not long since:
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- lastly
-
adverb,
in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- iatro-
-
- slurry
-
noun,
a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- socles
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- stalls
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- slates
-
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.
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- aurify
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to appear golden; gild:
- austr-
-
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- Yseult
-
noun,
German Ysolde [ee-zawl-duh] /iˈzɔl də/ (Show IPA). Iseult.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- ically
-
- Ieyasu
-
noun,
Iyeyasu.
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Sisley
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- lacto-
-
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- sollar
-
noun,
solar2 .
- Laclos
-
noun,
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de [pyer ahn-brwaz frahn-swa shaw der-loh duh] /pyɛr ɑ̃ˈbrwaz frɑ̃ˈswa ʃɔ dɛrˈloʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1741–1803, French general and writer.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- soleus
-
noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- solely
-
adverb,
as the only one or ones:
- softas
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- frousy
-
adjective,
frowsy.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- flytes
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- castes
-
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.
- floaty
-
adjective,
able to float; buoyant.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Floral
-
noun,
something, as a fabric, garment, wallpaper, or household item, having a floral pattern:
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Florey
-
noun,
Sir Howard Walter, 1898–1968, Australian pathologist in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- flori-
-
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Flossy
-
adjective,
made of or resembling floss; downy.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- floury
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling flour.
- flours
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- flouts
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- casefy
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become like cheese.
- fluors
-
- flurry
-
noun,
a light, brief shower of snow.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- flutey
-
adjective,
fluty.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- stylus
-
noun,
an instrument of metal, bone, or the like, used by the ancients for writing on waxed tablets, having one end pointed for incising the letters and the other end blunt for rubbing out writing and smoothing the tablet.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- strays
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Causey
-
noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- Filler
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- fillet
-
noun,
Cookery.
a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- firsts
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- flails
-
noun,
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- flatly
-
adverb,
absolutely and without qualification:
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- Fleury
-
noun,
André Hercule de [ahn-drey er-kyl duh] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈkül də/ (Show IPA), 1653–1743, French cardinal and statesman.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- stylo-
-
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- callus
-
noun,
Pathology, Physiology.
a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- fratry
-
noun,
frater2 .
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- friary
-
noun,
a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
- Callot
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- friers
-
noun,
fryer.
- fryers
-
noun,
a person or thing that fries.
- frilly
-
adjective,
covered with or marked by frills:
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- calli-
-
- starry
-
adjective,
abounding with stars:
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- frolic
-
noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frosty
-
adjective,
characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold:
- carful
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- stills
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stilly
-
adverb,
quietly; silently.
- foyers
-
noun,
the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house.
- foists
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- Styles
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- treasr
-
- follis
-
noun,
a bag of copper or bronze coins with a fixed weight, used as money of account in the later Roman Empire.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- carrys
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Carew.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- forrel
-
noun,
forel.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- fossil
-
noun,
any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- caryo-
-
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- Collar
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- really
-
adverb,
in reality; actually:
- ultra-
-
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- saltus
-
noun,
oscillation (def 5b).
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- refill
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- afters
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- sarco-
-
- ratify
-
verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- outcry
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- turco-
-
- outfly
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in flying, especially in speed or distance:
- outlay
-
noun,
an expending or spending, as of money.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- satyrs
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rarity
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- rarely
-
adverb,
on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom:
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- rarefy
-
verb (used with object),
to make rare or rarer; make less dense:
- Ulfila
-
noun,
a.d. c311–c382, Christian bishop to the Goths: translated Bible into the Gothic language.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- tussle
-
noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- tussal
-
adjective,
pertaining to tussis.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- ousels
-
noun,
ouzel.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- Royall
-
noun,
Anne Newport, 1769–1854, U.S. writer, newspaper publisher, and reformer.
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- acious
-
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- roller
-
noun,
a person or thing that rolls.
- Russo-
-
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Rosary
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- aceto-
-
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- rulers
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- Ruyter
-
noun,
Michel Adriaanssoon de [Dutch mi-khuh l ah-dree-ahn-soon duh] /Dutch ˈmɪ xəl ˌɑ driˈɑn sun də/ (Show IPA), 1607–76, Dutch admiral.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- utero-
-
- rosily
-
adverb,
with a rosy color.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- aceous
-
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- say-so
-
noun,
one's personal statement or assertion.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- aerify
-
verb (used with object),
to aerate.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- retro-
-
- salols
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- Salyut
-
noun,
one of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971.
- salify
-
verb (used with object),
to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- sacro-
-
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- safety
-
noun,
the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- acuity
-
noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Sayers
-
noun,
Dorothy L(eigh) 1893–1957, English novelist, essayist, and dramatist.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- sayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular of say1 .
- riyals
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- locule
-
noun,
a small compartment or chamber, as the pollen-containing cavity within an anther.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- locale
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- locals
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- lisles
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- losels
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- trulls
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- trullo
-
noun,
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- Lysias
-
noun,
c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- assoc.
-
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Assyr.
-
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- leuco-
-
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- lyrist
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lyrics
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- trolly
-
noun,
trolley.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- lyases
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Lieut.
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- louses
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- scurry
-
noun,
a scurrying rush:
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- scalls
-
noun,
dandruff.
- Scylla
-
noun,
Modern name Scilla. a rock in the Strait of Messina off the S coast of Italy.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- Scilla
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- scato-
-
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarry
-
adjective,
marked with the scars of wounds.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- scarfs
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Scales
-
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.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- allure
-
noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- ossify
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- tulles
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- scler-
-
- scurfs
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- scurfy
-
adjective,
resembling, producing, or covered with or as if with scurf.
- sculls
-
noun,
an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- Lucite
-
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- scroll
-
noun,
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it:
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- luteal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- tuille
-
noun,
a tasset.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- luteo-
-
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- Scouse
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- scours
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- fairly
-
adverb,
in a fair manner; justly or honestly; impartially.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- crayer
-
noun,
a small sailing vessel formerly used in trade along the coasts of western Europe.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- cestas
-
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.
- crafty
-
adjective,
skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- faller
-
noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- certif
-
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- faille
-
noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- Cressy
-
noun,
Crécy (def 1).
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- cresyl
-
adjective,
tolyl.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- sulfas
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- costly
-
adjective,
costing much; expensive; high in price:
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- Tallys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- fasces
-
noun,
a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Curley
-
noun,
James M(ichael) 1874–1958, U.S. politician.
- clasts
-
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.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- curler
-
noun,
a person or thing that curls.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Currie
-
noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- Farley
-
noun,
James A(loysius) 1888–1976, U.S. political leader.
- cerat-
-
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- fatsos
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- clysis
-
noun,
the administration of an enema.
- cysti-
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- cysto-
-
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- crusty
-
adjective,
having a crisp or thick crust:
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cirrus
-
noun,
Meteorology.
a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters).
a cirriform cloud.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- crural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- cirro-
-
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- cryst.
-
- surety
-
noun,
security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- surely
-
adverb,
firmly; unerringly; without missing, slipping, etc.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Curare
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- cullis
-
noun,
a gutter, as at the eaves of a roof.
- cullet
-
noun,
broken or waste glass suitable for remelting.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- surras
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- cross-
-
- tolyls
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- Surrey
-
noun,
a light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- cyesis
-
noun,
pregnancy.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- Erfurt
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Thuringia, in central Germany.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- sultry
-
adjective,
oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering:
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- ferro-
-
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- ferri-
-
- ferous
-
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- cutesy
-
adjective,
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered:
- tarso-
-
- ferity
-
noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cuteys
-
noun,
cutie.
- Tellus
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of the earth, marriage, and fertility, identified with the Greek goddess Gaea.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- corral
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- fellas
-
noun,
fellow.
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feisty
-
adjective,
full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky:
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- Ferrol
-
noun,
El Ferrol.
- cellos
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- saults
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- stroys
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- easily
-
adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- collet
-
noun,
a collar or enclosing band.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- tauro-
-
- Collie
-
noun,
one of a breed of dogs having a usually long, black, tan, and white or sable and white coat, raised originally in Scotland for herding sheep.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- collyr
-
- collut
-
- stulls
-
noun,
a timber prop.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- curtsy
-
noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- ferric
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- featly
-
adverb,
suitably; appropriately.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- cosets
-
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.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- class.
-
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- faulty
-
adjective,
having faults or defects; imperfect.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- classy
-
adjective,
of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- fealty
-
noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- feasts
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- celto-
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- asco-
-
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- OIcel
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- clase
-
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ocul-
-
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- areo-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- truly
-
adverb,
in accordance with fact or truth; truthfully.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Lorry
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a motor truck, especially a large one.
- ofays
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- tears
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- orial
-
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- Lysol
-
- lyso-
-
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- lysis
-
noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- self-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Lulea
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- curly
-
adjective,
curling or tending to curl:
- telo-
-
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- cutey
-
noun,
cutie.
- Luray
-
noun,
a town in N Virginia: site of Luray Caverns.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Curry
-
noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- Lusty
-
adjective,
full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
- lousy
-
Idioms,
lousy with, Slang. well supplied with or filled with, often to excess:
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- lt-yr
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- tera-
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- loyal
-
adjective,
faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- lofty
-
adjective,
extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering:
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- scull
-
noun,
an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- seats
-
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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- culls
-
noun,
act of culling.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- terr.
-
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Cully
-
noun,
Archaic. a dupe.
- Scot.
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- octa-
-
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- loury
-
adjective,
lowery.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- clast
-
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.
- sect.
-
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Louys
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1870–1925, French poet and novelist.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Sally
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- coset
-
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.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- sails
-
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.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Salol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- aeri-
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- afoul
-
Idioms,
run / come / fall afoul of,
to become entangled with:
to come into conflict with:
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- reify
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tious
-
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- restr
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- aero-
-
- coel-
-
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- colat
-
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- acet-
-
- TOEFL
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Colly
-
noun,
grime; soot.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- 30-30
-
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- actos
-
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- corr.
-
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Actis
-
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.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- acro-
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- USSCt
-
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- acity
-
- USLTA
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- cores
-
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- Rusty
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- refl.
-
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- alloy
-
noun,
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- allo-
-
- tiles
-
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.
- Saucy
-
adjective,
impertinent; insolent:
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Alley
-
noun,
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- turfy
-
adjective,
covered with or consisting of grassy turf.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tolyl
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- alto-
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- ORuss
-
- scale
-
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.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- alti-
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- Tully
-
noun,
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- tolly
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- saury
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- cloys
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sarc-
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rears
-
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- Tilly
-
noun,
Count Johan Tserclaes von [yoh-hahn tser-klahs fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn tsɛrˈklɑs fən/ (Show IPA), 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Recit
-
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Cousy
-
noun,
Robert Joseph ("Bob") born 1928, U.S. basketball player.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- salts
-
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.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- sates
-
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.
- crit.
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Alcor
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rall.
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- cryo-
-
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- furry
-
adjective,
consisting of or resembling fur:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- ster.
-
- faery
-
noun,
faerie.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Freya
-
noun,
the goddess of love and fertility, sister of Frey, daughter of Njord; one of the Vanir.
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Fris.
-
- frill
-
noun,
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- fryer
-
noun,
a person or thing that fries.
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- frays
-
noun,
a fight, battle, or skirmish. Synonyms: altercation, combat, war, clash, encounter, set-to.
- fairy
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- farcy
-
noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- fort.
-
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- cero-
-
- forty
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- 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.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Falls
-
noun,
a town in NE Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- styl-
-
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- coll.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- iatry
-
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- IATSE
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Icel.
-
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- surfs
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- surfy
-
adjective,
abounding with surf; forming or like surf.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- eury-
-
- FSLIC
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stays
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fusty
-
adjective,
having a stale smell; moldy; musty:
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- fussy
-
adjective,
excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- furor
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- surly
-
adjective,
churlishly rude or bad-tempered:
Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- calef
-
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- fulls
-
noun,
the highest or fullest state, condition, or degree:
- fully
-
adverb,
entirely or wholly:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- Sully
-
noun,
Obsolete. a stain; soil.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fitly
-
adverb,
in a proper or suitable manner.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stole
-
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).
- flail
-
noun,
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flays
-
verb (used with object),
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Cello
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- fleys
-
verb,
to frighten; terrify.
- ferry
-
noun,
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- flyte
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- ferly
-
noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flyer
-
noun,
Textiles.
a rotating device that adds twist to the slubbing or roving and winds the stock onto a spindle or bobbin in a uniform manner.
a similar device for adding twist to yarn.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- fells
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- stull
-
noun,
a timber prop.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- fiery
-
adjective,
consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire:
- fyces
-
noun,
feist.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- firry
-
adjective,
of or relating to the fir.
- fiscs
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- RSFSR
-
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- feti-
-
- fires
-
- filly
-
noun,
a young female horse.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- filos
-
- fills
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- felly
-
noun,
felloe.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- sulf-
-
- fatly
-
adverb,
in the manner of a fat person; ponderously.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Foley
-
adjective,
of or relating to motion-picture sound effects produced manually:
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- foll.
-
- foyer
-
noun,
the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house.
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- Carry
-
noun,
range, as of a gun.
- Sulla
-
noun,
(Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix) 138–78 b.c, Roman general and statesman: dictator 82–79.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Folly
-
noun,
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- fore-
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- foray
-
noun,
a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder:
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- flour
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- Floss
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- caste
-
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.
- Flory
-
noun,
Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- flout
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- fella
-
noun,
fellow.
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- flor.
-
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- Sufis
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- focal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a focus.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- fluty
-
adjective,
having the tone and rather high pitch variation of a flute:
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- yells
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- atory
-
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- cyto-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- 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.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- lact-
-
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- syst.
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ecto-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Ital.
-
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slays
-
noun,
sley.
- Ecua.
-
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- leuc-
-
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- seti-
-
- slate
-
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.
- yules
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- yurts
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- latry
-
- Lefty
-
noun,
a left-handed person.
- silly
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- eyrir
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
- lect.
-
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leafy
-
adjective,
having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage:
- asst.
-
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- syces
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Larry
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- cytol
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- astr.
-
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- yours
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cyst-
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- auto.
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- yirrs
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- ileo-
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Lyles
-
noun,
a male given name.
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- licet
-
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- yills
-
noun,
ale.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Cyrus
-
noun,
("the Elder"or"the Great") c600–529 b.c, king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire.
- sero-
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Asyut
-
noun,
a city in central Egypt, on the Nile.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- illus
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Seric
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- cysts
-
noun,
Pathology. a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ecol.
-
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Cissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Aust.
-
- softy
-
noun,
a person easily stirred to sentiment or tender emotion.
- tel-
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- 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.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- USRC
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- sec.
-
- USCA
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- USIA
-
- USIS
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- secy
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- USTC
-
- sics
-
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).
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- taur
-
- str.
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Rus.
-
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- USAR
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sra.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sci.
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- scil
-
- 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.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Sat.
-
- SASE
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Sol.
-
- 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.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- saur
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tri-
-
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Ste.
-
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- uro-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- uret
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ter.
-
- Syr.
-
- 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.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- uria
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- syll
-
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 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.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tues
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- SLIC
-
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- ulto
-
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- scr.
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- sur-
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 1080
-
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- yirr
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- cyte
-
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- clar
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- cit.
-
- cis-
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- ious
-
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- cyl.
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- Ill.
-
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- fut.
-
- fuss
-
noun,
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- Fury
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- fur.
-
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- full
-
noun,
the highest or fullest state, condition, or degree:
- Cor.
-
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Yalu
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- Yafo
-
noun,
Jaffa.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Ceto
-
- Ire.
-
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lat.
-
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- 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).
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aur-
-
- aut-
-
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Aus.
-
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lea.
-
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cal.
-
- cet-
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Cels
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- yrs.
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Yule
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- itol
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- ator
-
- Fall
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- fays
-
noun,
a fairy.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- FACS
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fac.
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Cull
-
noun,
act of culling.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fell
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cur.
-
- fec.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Eur.
-
- FERA
-
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eous
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- ELAS
-
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- etc.
-
- est.
-
- EFTA
-
- eso-
-
- eco-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ESIS
-
- ect-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cule
-
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- FRCS
-
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- fray
-
noun,
a fight, battle, or skirmish. Synonyms: altercation, combat, war, clash, encounter, set-to.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Frey
-
noun,
the god of peace, prosperity, and marriage: one of the Vanir, originally brought to Asgard as a hostage.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- fol.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cort
-
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- frt.
-
- Fri.
-
- FRSS
-
- FRSL
-
- Frs.
-
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Frye
-
noun,
(Herman) Northrop, 1912–91, Canadian literary critic and educator.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- for.
-
- foys
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- filt
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- fill
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fict
-
- fyce
-
noun,
feist.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FICA
-
- ctr.
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- cts.
-
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- FLRA
-
- FOIA
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- Fla.
-
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- fley
-
verb,
to frighten; terrify.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- flay
-
verb (used with object),
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Aire
-
- RCAF
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- osis
-
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- AFSC
-
- afr-
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ref.
-
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- Oct.
-
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- all-
-
- ofay
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Alco
-
- atic
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- acr-
-
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- aet.
-
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- alt.
-
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- 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:
- lit.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lyte
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- asc-
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- arr.
-
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ARIS
-
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- ates
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASSR
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lys-
-
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- asis
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Lucy
-
noun,
the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominid found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- ays
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- USO
-
- USR
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- cf.
-
- acy
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- USC
-
- eo-
-
- CLU
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- CAI
-
- ACS
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- Co.
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- cs.
-
- CLR
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ASR
-
- cr.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CAF
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- eir
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EIS
-
- UTC
-
- Tro
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CLI
-
- uti
-
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- Af.
-
- ac-
-
- ALU
-
- AUC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- trf
-
- ca.
-
- ec-
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- ast
-
- Clo
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- ASU
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- UAR
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- tra
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- cfs
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AIC
-
- CIA
-
- CFR
-
- UFC
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- CEF
-
- ure
-
- CSA
-
- CEA
-
- ARU
-
- tr.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TSS
-
- ALC
-
- CFA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ult
-
- CFI
-
- TSE
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CFO
-
- ARS
-
- TSI
-
- CFL
-
- ur-
-
- CEO
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- UIT
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CSF
-
- CSO
-
- 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.
- UAE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tue
-
- CYO
-
- ASI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- AEF
-
- ctf
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- USS
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- USA
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tfr
-
- AFS
-
- cle
-
- CSR
-
- AFL
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- AFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- TLC
-
- CST
-
- CIE
-
- ase
-
- TIA
-
- tlo
-
- CIF
-
- cte
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- UCR
-
- Tu.
-
- tlr
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CTA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RSE
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Lif
-
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Sfc
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ll.
-
- Syl
-
- LSS
-
- Oc.
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- SCS
-
- ltr
-
- LTL
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LOC
-
- LSC
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- 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.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LCT
-
- OSF
-
- ISR
-
- SLE
-
- ity
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- SLR
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- LCI
-
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LCF
-
- LCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SLA
-
- LaF
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
-
- LCL
-
- La.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- IRC
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- RFA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- SAR
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- SAE
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTF
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rs.
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ROA
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- of-
-
- SCF
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- OFr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ola
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OIt
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RAF
-
- ote
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- ose
-
- sc.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ory
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Foy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink.
- Fry
-
noun,
a dish of something fried.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- STL
-
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- Ir.
-
- FOS
-
- ESL
-
- FOT
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- RSA
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- FRC
-
- Frl
-
- Fl.
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- fly
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- SRS
-
- ETO
-
- fo.
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FAO
-
- eu-
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- ETS
-
- FCA
-
- fcy
-
- FCS
-
- ETR
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- suf
-
- Fey
-
adjective,
British Dialect. doomed; fated to die.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- ety
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FET
-
- Sus
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Fia
-
- ESU
-
- fic
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FYI
-
- ESR
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FIO
-
- ss.
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ery
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Yeo
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- yer
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- TAL
-
- IFC
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- EOF
-
- ify
-
- il-
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- IOC
-
- IOF
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- SOF
-
- YCL
-
- ier
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ia.
-
- Sr.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ERT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ics
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ITU
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- io-
-
- Fay
-
noun,
a fairy.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ry
-
- SL
-
- RU
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RF
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- AO
-
- T1
-
- RO
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- 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.
- ey
-
- TC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- yr
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- ly
-
- LF
-
- ic
-
- SF
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- YT
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
-
- CE
-
- L2
-
- i.
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LC
-
- L.
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yl
-
- 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.
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- Y.
-
- TL
-
- RI
-
- fy
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- FE
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- SU
-
- CU
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ol
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ty
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LR
-
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.