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Word declaration has
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- laceration
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noun,
the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- Actoridae
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plural noun,
Moliones.
- Laodicean
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noun,
a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion.
- anecdotal
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adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes:
- androecia
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noun,
the stamens of a flower collectively.
- diaconate
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noun,
the office or dignity of a deacon.
- Claretian
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noun,
a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- trainload
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noun,
the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
- cadential
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a musical cadence.
- anorectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or associated with the anus and rectum.
- Caledonia
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. Scotland.
- Centralia
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noun,
a city in central Illinois.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- doctrinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine:
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- declarant
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noun,
a person who declares or makes a declaration or statement.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- ironclad
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- Laodicea
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noun,
ancient name of Latakia.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- Conelrad
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- analcite
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- tailrace
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- Cordelia
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.
Compare Goneril, Regan.
- tailored
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Alcandre
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noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- laitance
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- Alicante
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noun,
a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Cortland
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noun,
a city in central New York.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- Carolean
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adjective,
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
- Carolina
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noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- cartload
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noun,
the amount a cart can hold.
- Nocardia
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noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- Cardinal
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- calendar
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noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- colander
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- Clarinda
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noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- articled
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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.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- Clorinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- radiance
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- radicant
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adjective,
rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- idolater
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- Landrace
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noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- Adlerian
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adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- diaconal
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adjective,
pertaining to a deacon.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- dentalia
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- trinodal
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adjective,
having three nodes or joints.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Tridacna
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noun,
a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- Laodice
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- Acrilan
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- aneroid
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- caldron
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noun,
cauldron.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- Caldera
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- calando
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adverb,
in a slower, softer manner.
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- cerato-
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- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- laniard
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noun,
lanyard.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- cordial
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noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- Actaeon
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noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- candela
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noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- dilator
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- centri-
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- Deloria
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noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- contra-
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- redcoat
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- centro-
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- Calorie
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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.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- Oceania
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noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- antacid
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noun,
an antacid agent.
- leotard
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noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Ariadne
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- Leonard
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noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- clarain
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noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- acerola
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noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- ordinal
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noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- article
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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.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- radiant
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- radical
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noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- laterad
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adverb,
toward the side.
- antero-
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- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- Caelian
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noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- araneid
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- candier
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- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- acaroid
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adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- Catalin
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- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- cardio-
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- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- airdate
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- triclad
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noun,
a planarian.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Dionaea
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noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nodical
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adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- Alarcon
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noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- Decalin
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- decanal
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adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- Lacerta
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noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- Aetolia
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noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- adrenal
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noun,
adrenal gland.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- dariole
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noun,
a small round mold.
- Carlota
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noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- carload
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noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- Carlita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- Aeolian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- danaite
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noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- alcaide
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noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Trianda
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noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- cotidal
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adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Laconia
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noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- ladrone
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noun,
a thief.
- cranial
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adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- cranio-
-
- Aleardi
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noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- craniol
-
- Nordica
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noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- Aloidae
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plural noun,
Aloadae.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- actino-
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- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Alcoran
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noun,
Alkoran.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- centr-
-
- docent
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noun,
privatdocent.
- Dorian
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noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- clado-
-
- citral
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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.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- celto-
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- Docile
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adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- cental
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Dorati
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noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- lorica
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noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- necro-
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- cerat-
-
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- narco-
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- centi-
-
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- intro.
-
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- cteno-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- lacto-
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- intra-
-
- inter.
-
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- iatro-
-
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- indecl
-
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Dacron
-
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- 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.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- clino-
-
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- contr.
-
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- contd.
-
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Colada
-
noun,
piña colada.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- denti-
-
- colent
-
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- andro-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- recti-
-
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- radio-
-
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- adeno-
-
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- actin-
-
- adren-
-
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- adreno
-
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- aeron.
-
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- cardi-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Canad.
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- 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.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- nitro-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- nocti-
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- encl.
-
- noct-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tiled
-
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.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- endo-
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ideo-
-
- Indo-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- teno-
-
- incl.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- tera-
-
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Icel.
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- natl.
-
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- 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.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ecol.
-
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- telo-
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- econ.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- 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.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Recit
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- oiled
-
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.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- oidea
-
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- OIcel
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- licet
-
- ordn.
-
- orial
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- lect.
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Ital.
-
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Iran.
-
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- intr.
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- lact-
-
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- octa-
-
- reni-
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- retd.
-
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- ento-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Alta.
-
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- 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.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- anal.
-
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- anat.
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Alcor
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cant.
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- areo-
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- cont.
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Arnel
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- coel-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ation
-
- colat
-
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dict.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- cine-
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- aden-
-
- cata-
-
- acro-
-
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- dial.
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- aeri-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- aero-
-
- cert.
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- cent.
-
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- cero-
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cidal
-
- acet-
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- deci-
-
- decl.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- dent.
-
- Card.
-
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- deca-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- NOAA
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NACA
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- ord.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- cen.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- NIRA
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- OECD
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- cat.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Oct.
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- atic
-
- NDAC
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Ont.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- NCAA
-
- NCTE
-
- Cdr.
-
- Cal.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- NTIA
-
- 1080
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- Can.
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ator
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- 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:
- aet.
-
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ten.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- aer-
-
- ter.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alco
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Ala.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- AInd
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- acea
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- ACDA
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- acad
-
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tRNA
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tron
-
- acr-
-
- 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.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- 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.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcd.
-
- RdAc
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- ance
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- rel.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- rad.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- RONA
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- 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.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Ald.
-
- 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.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- alt.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rida
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Ltd.
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Con.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Cond
-
- Del.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Lani
-
- Cor.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- 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.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Cort
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- enc.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- eco-
-
- dia-
-
- ect-
-
- der.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- EDTA
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- IndE
-
- IAEA
-
- iana
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- IATA
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- ile-
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- idae
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Danl
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- iod-
-
- Ind.
-
- crat
-
- 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.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- end-
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- DCNL
-
- itol
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- dat.
-
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ctr.
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- cide
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- clar
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dino
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lond
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Din.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- cir.
-
- dir.
-
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- dioc
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dlr.
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- DNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- DLC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Tro
-
- DLO
-
- ERT
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ide
-
- ADC
-
- AIA
-
- Ar.
-
- id.
-
- RNA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- AAE
-
- RLD
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rnd
-
- ROI
-
- ROA
-
- DNR
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Aar
-
- ETR
-
- al.
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ETO
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- en-
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- EDC
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dr.
-
- DET
-
- di.
-
- AEC
-
- TIA
-
- AEA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ae.
-
- TID
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AIC
-
- ean
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- ead
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- DRE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- 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.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- de-
-
- eo-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAL
-
- tr.
-
- DEA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ALC
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- tra
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- Doi
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- EDT
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- DIL
-
- eir
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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.
- TCA
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ed.
-
- cte
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- OCR
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- oic
-
- Ld.
-
- ODT
-
- LDC
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- CAI
-
- CNO
-
- CAA
-
- CLR
-
- OCD
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- OTC
-
- oid
-
- 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.
- NRC
-
- LCI
-
- ATC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- ca.
-
- DAR
-
- cl.
-
- Co.
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Ola
-
- LCT
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- OED
-
- NRA
-
- ATA
-
- LON
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- CIE
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- CED
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- NEC
-
- CIA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- 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.
- CEO
-
- NAA
-
- NCO
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- NEA
-
- LOC
-
- nr.
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Clo
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- CLI
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- cle
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- at.
-
- RDA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- IRC
-
- REA
-
- RDC
-
- RCT
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- RCN
-
- CTA
-
- RCA
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- CRT
-
- AOA
-
- ITA
-
- ior
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ITC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- 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.
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- IOC
-
- ANC
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAE
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- DCL
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- aor
-
- Oc.
-
- ite
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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).
- ard
-
- 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.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Re.
-
- La.
-
- Rd.
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lt.
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- L.
-
- RO
-
- dl
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- 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.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NI
-
- ND
-
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- DN
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- N.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TC
-
- CE
-
- RI
-
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L1
-
- O.
-
- L2
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- LR
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
-
- ic
-
- NL
-
- RN
-
- TN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- D.
-
- ol
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TL
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- le
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TD
-