Anagrams of declarative
Word declarative has
962 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of declarative.
- dilacerate
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verb (used with object),
to tear apart or to pieces.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- eradicate
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verb (used with object),
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate:
- lacerated
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adjective,
mangled; jagged; torn.
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- 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.
- Airedale
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noun,
one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.
- Arteveld
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noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1345, Flemish statesman.
- delative
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noun,
the delative case.
- traveled
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noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- relative
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- reactive
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adjective,
tending to react.
- vertical
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noun,
something vertical, as a line or plane.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- acierate
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- acervate
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adjective,
pertaining to growth, especially of fungi, that forms a dense, heaped-up mass.
- levirate
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noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- derelict
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- derivate
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noun, adjective,
derivative.
- varietal
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noun,
a varietal wine named for such a grape (distinguished from generic).
- vicarate
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noun,
vicariate.
- Rietveld
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noun,
Gerrit Thomas [kher-it toh-mahs] /ˈxɛr ɪt ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Dutch architect.
- tailrace
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- creative
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adjective,
having the quality or power of creating.
- validate
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verb (used with object),
to make valid; substantiate; confirm:
- lacerate
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adjective,
lacerated.
- cervelat
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noun,
a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
- eradiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to radiate.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- alveated
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adjective,
having the vaulted shape of a beehive.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- Cavalier
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noun,
a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- triclad
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noun,
a planarian.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- electr-
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- variate
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noun,
Statistics. random variable.
- deviate
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noun,
a person or thing that departs from the accepted norm or standard.
- valeric
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from valerian.
- 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.
- Valerie
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noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- deliver
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adjective,
Archaic. agile; quick.
- Aleardi
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noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- laterad
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adverb,
toward the side.
- alcaide
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noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- radical
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noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Calvert
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noun,
Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- clavier
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noun,
the keyboard of a musical instrument.
- clavate
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adjective,
club-shaped; claviform.
- 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.
- tardive
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adjective,
appearing or tending to appear late, as in human development or in the treatment of a disease.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- Carlita
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noun,
a female given name.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- caravel
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noun,
a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- dealate
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noun,
a dealate insect.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- Caldera
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- Lavater
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noun,
Johann Kaspar [yoh-hahn kahs-pahr] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkɑs pɑr/ (Show IPA), 1741–1801, Swiss poet, theologian, and physiognomist.
- cadaver
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noun,
a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- avarice
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noun,
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
- declare
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- travail
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noun,
painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- declive
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adjective,
declivous.
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- lavaret
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noun,
a whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, found in the lakes of central Europe.
- cleaver
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noun,
a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.
- verdict
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noun,
Law. the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgment.
- elative
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noun,
an elative case.
- leviter
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- 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.
- acerate
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- airdate
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- dravite
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noun,
a brown variety of magnesium tourmaline.
- Lacerta
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noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- velaria
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noun,
an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- 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.
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- dative
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noun,
the dative case.
- relive
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verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- cardia
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noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- cardi-
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- acarid
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noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- divert
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verb (used with object),
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- carvel
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noun,
caravel.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Calder
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noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- elated
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adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- acedia
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noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tiered
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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.
- levier
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noun,
a person who levies.
- acetal
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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.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- tirade
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- decare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- deceit
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- aviate
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verb (used with or without object),
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
- decile
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Averil
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noun,
a male given name.
- tra-la
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noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- dartle
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- varied
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adjective,
characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified:
- cavate
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adjective,
hollowed out, as a space excavated from rock:
- radial
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noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Cleave
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verb (used with object),
to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
- claver
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noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- cradle
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- tailed
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cravat
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noun,
necktie (defs 1, 2).
- dvaita
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noun,
any of the pluralistic schools of philosophy.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- 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.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- drivel
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noun,
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- credit
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- leaved
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adjective,
having leaves; leafed.
- Tarlac
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noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- reveal
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noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- racial
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adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- caveat
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noun,
a warning or caution; admonition.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Cavite
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noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- Levite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- revile
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- levade
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noun,
a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.
- leader
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- cervid
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noun,
any member of the deer family, Cervidae, comprising deer, caribou, elk, and moose, characterized by the bearing of antlers in the male or in both sexes.
- Elvira
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noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- cerat-
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- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Tarvia
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- cereal
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noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- Lerida
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noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- caviar
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noun,
the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga, or other fish, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
- dealer
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Altaic
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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.
- latria
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- delict
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- aedile
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noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- arcade
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noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- vacate
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verb (used with object),
to give up possession or occupancy of:
- verite
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noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- aerate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- Alvira
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elvira.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- recti-
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- derail
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Altair
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noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- deriv.
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- veiled
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noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Veadar
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noun,
an intercalary month of the Jewish calendar.
- varlet
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- device
-
noun,
a thing made for a particular purpose; an invention or contrivance, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- Ecevit
-
noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- Alaric
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noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- alcaid
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plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- larvae
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noun,
Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- Valera
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noun,
a city in W Venezuela.
- lariat
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- detail
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- derive
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verb (used with object),
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- aerial
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noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Latvia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Capital: Riga.
- ideata
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noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- realia
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plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- active
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noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- travel
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noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- velate
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adjective,
Biology. having a velum.
- dilate
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- atavic
-
adjective,
atavistic.
- elect.
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- clever
-
adjective,
mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- advect
-
verb (used with object),
to move by the process of advection.
- advert
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noun,
advertisement.
- advice
-
noun,
an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.:
- ideate
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noun,
ideatum.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- deicer
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- delate
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- daric
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Reave
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verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- crave
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verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Recit
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- dial.
-
- deci-
-
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- cried
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crit.
-
- rect.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- devel
-
- davit
-
noun,
any of various cranelike devices used singly or in pairs for supporting, raising, and lowering especially boats, anchors, and cargo over a hatchway or side of a ship.
- ERICA
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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.
- 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.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- Davie
-
noun,
a town in SE Florida.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- rival
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noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- decl.
-
- craal
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noun,
kraal.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- Devil
-
noun,
Theology.
(sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.
a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- dict.
-
- 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.
- retd.
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- delve
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to dig; excavate.
- Diver
-
noun,
a person or thing that dives.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- deca-
-
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- deave
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf; deafen.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Drave
-
noun,
the act of driving.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- Drava
-
noun,
a river in S central Europe, flowing E and SE from the Alps in S Austria, through NE Slovenia, along a part of the border between Hungary and Croatia into the Danube in Croatia. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- Cleve
-
noun,
Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- larva
-
noun,
Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- valet
-
noun,
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- valid
-
adjective,
sound; just; well-founded:
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Icel.
-
- Alta.
-
- vari-
-
- varia
-
noun,
a variant reading.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- vatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Vedic
-
noun,
Also called Vedic Sanskrit. the language of the Veda, closely related to classical Sanskrit.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- aeri-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- 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.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- 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.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- licet
-
- Alvar
-
noun,
a holy person of the Vaishnava sect.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- vice-
-
- lact-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Vidal
-
noun,
(Eugene Luther) Gore, 1925–2012, U.S. novelist, essayist, and playwright.
- Vidar
-
noun,
a son of Odin, who will survive Ragnarok after killing Fenrir.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- vital
-
adjective,
of or relating to life:
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- 30-30
-
- Ital.
-
- 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.
- edit.
-
- aceae
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- advt.
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- 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.
- acet-
-
- Verde
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.
- Verdi
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- veter
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- lived
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- evade
-
verb (used with object),
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
Synonyms: avoid, dodge.
Antonyms: face, confront.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- tele-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Cavil
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- cidal
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- clave
-
noun,
one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
- Clava
-
noun,
the two or more enlarged distal segments that form the bulbous end of a clavate antenna.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- lect.
-
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- tera-
-
- 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.
- Avila
-
noun,
a city in central Spain, a religious and academic center.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- avail
-
noun,
advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective:
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- 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.
- ative
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cata-
-
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Calve
-
verb (used with object),
to give birth to (a calf).
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Card.
-
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- 1080
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lat.
-
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- lava
-
noun,
the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lev.
-
- 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:
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- tri-
-
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- Vala
-
noun,
a prophetess.
- val.
-
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Vaal
-
noun,
a river in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, flowing SW from the Transvaal to the Orange River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- vaad
-
noun,
a Jewish council offering advice on or having authority over certain community affairs.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- trid
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- vara
-
noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- trav
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- var.
-
- Vat.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Vida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Vlad
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vladimir.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- vil.
-
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- vide
-
verb,
see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- Vict
-
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- Vic.
-
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- vet.
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- vel.
-
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Veda
-
noun,
Sometimes, Vedas. the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books, the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda, and the Yajur-Veda.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RdAc
-
- rcd.
-
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rad.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ltd.
-
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- riv.
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rel.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rev.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- cir.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- 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.
- cat.
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- art.
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- atic
-
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Ald.
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- EDTA
-
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- CATV
-
- alt.
-
- Alva
-
noun,
Also, Alba. Fernando Alvarez de Toledo [fer-nahn-daw ahl-vah-reth th e taw-le-th aw] /fɛrˈnɑn dɔ ˈɑl vɑˌrɛθ ðɛ tɔˈlɛ ðɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general who suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567.
- cava
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a dry, sparkling white table wine produced in northeastern Spain.
- ect-
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Cav.
-
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- dat.
-
- Avar
-
noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Devi
-
noun,
a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
- 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.
- Cal.
-
- 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.
- dia-
-
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Deva
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- dir.
-
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- 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.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Dec.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- diva
-
noun,
a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Ave.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- dlr.
-
- avid
-
adjective,
showing great enthusiasm for or interest in:
Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, keen; devoted, dedicated; zealous, fanatic.
Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic; reluctant.
- dive
-
noun,
an act or instance of diving.
- div.
-
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Dave
-
noun,
a male given name, form of David.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Cdr.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- acea
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- 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.
- idae
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Ice.
-
- ACDA
-
- ical
-
- acr-
-
- IATA
-
- 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.
- IAEA
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- acad
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- clar
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cide
-
- civ.
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- AAEE
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Ire.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- ile-
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ctr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Aire
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Ala.
-
- elev
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- Del.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adv.
-
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- aer-
-
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- aet.
-
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- TID
-
- 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.
- CDT
-
- TCA
-
- CIA
-
- CEA
-
- TIA
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CED
-
- ite
-
- CAI
-
- Aar
-
- VDT
-
- AIC
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- AEC
-
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Ver
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ACV
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAE
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- av.
-
- Ar.
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- AIA
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- VLA
-
- Vt.
-
- VTC
-
- Vte
-
- VCR
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ATV
-
- CAA
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TLC
-
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ca.
-
- Avi
-
- AVC
-
- Ava
-
noun,
a female given name.
- a-v
-
- ATC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- at.
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- 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.
- ard
-
- TVA
-
- Va.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- ATA
-
- cte
-
- CIE
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eir
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ERT
-
- EDT
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ERV
-
- ead
-
- Rd.
-
- lv.
-
- ltr
-
- EAA
-
- LTA
-
- TAL
-
- 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.
- EDC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- 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.
- ETR
-
- ea.
-
- IRC
-
- il-
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ITA
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITV
-
- ier
-
- ide
-
- ETV
-
- LCA
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LCD
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- 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).
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Re.
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- 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.
- ITC
-
- di.
-
- Dev
-
noun,
a software developer:
- DET
-
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- 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.
- DAV
-
- DAR
-
- DIL
-
- ETD
-
- DAE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DCL
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RLD
-
- CLR
-
- CVT
-
- CRT
-
- CVA
-
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- DRE
-
- cle
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CLI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CTA
-
- Dr.
-
- DLC
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- L.
-
- VL
-
- RV
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- T1
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- LC
-
- 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.
- TD
-
- 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.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- EV
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- CV
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- VR
-
- RI
-
- RC
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- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- ee
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- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- V.
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- DT
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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.
- VD
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- VI
-
- LR
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- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TL
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- CE
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
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- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- dl
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- DV
-
- 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.
- i.
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- ic
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- DA
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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.
- D.
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- VC
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