Anagrams of deflections
Word deflections has
1180 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of deflections.
- deflection
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noun,
the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
- fieldstone
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noun,
unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- defection
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noun,
desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy:
- deletions
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- denticles
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- flections
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noun,
the act of bending.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- confides
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verb (used with object),
to tell in assurance of secrecy:
- flection
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noun,
the act of bending.
- felonies
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noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- codeines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- denticle
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- ice-floe
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noun,
a large flat mass of floating ice.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- closeted
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- deflects
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verb (used with or without object),
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
- cineoles
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- 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.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- feedlots
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noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- inflects
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verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- infects
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Clifton
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- indoles
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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.
- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- infolds
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verb (used with object),
enfold.
- inflect
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verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- codeine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- seleno-
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- deceits
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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:
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- diocese
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- defines
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verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- oneself
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Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- deciles
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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.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- defects
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noun,
a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- oilseed
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noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- defiles
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noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- deflect
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verb (used with or without object),
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
- olefins
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- confide
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verb (used with object),
to tell in assurance of secrecy:
- linseed
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noun,
flaxseed.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- Leonids
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- denotes
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verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- dentils
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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.
- seconde
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noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- fondles
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verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- felsite
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- felines
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- feedlot
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noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- cineole
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- encodes
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- tenfold
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adverb,
in tenfold measure:
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- cestode
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noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- Enfield
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Tenedos
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noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- Fiesole
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noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- enfolds
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verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- 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.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- elfins
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noun,
an elf.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- Felice
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noun,
a female given name, form of Felicia.
- Denise
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- delist
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verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- denies
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Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- delfts
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noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- felids
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noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- elides
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verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- feline
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- delict
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- feints
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noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- lodens
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noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- defect
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noun,
a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
- 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.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- enfold
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verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- nested
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noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Enesco
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- escent
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- defies
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noun,
a challenge; a defiance.
- defile
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noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- define
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verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- encode
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- deices
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verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listed
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noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- denote
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verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- dentil
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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.
- Leonid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- foetid
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adjective,
fetid.
- Isolde
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noun,
German name of Iseult.
- isodef
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noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- intoed
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adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- flense
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verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- flints
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noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- disco-
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- flites
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noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- infold
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verb (used with object),
enfold.
- foiled
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noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- fleets
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noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- infest
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verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- donsie
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adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- infect
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- Donets
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noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- indole
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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.
- donees
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noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- docent
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noun,
privatdocent.
- fondle
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verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- Docile
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adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- indef.
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- indecl
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- itself
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pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- dentes
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noun,
plural of dens.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- denti-
-
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- elect.
-
- eldest
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- felons
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noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- felsic
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adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- fences
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noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- ficoes
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noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- Fields
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noun,
W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
- ecoles
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noun,
school1 .
- dicots
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noun,
a dicotyledon.
- fiends
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noun,
Satan; the devil.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- ediles
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noun,
aedile.
- filets
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filose
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adjective,
threadlike.
- finest
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noun,
the police:
- dienes
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noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- finlet
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noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- decent
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adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- 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:
- Seidel
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noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- selen-
-
- coedit
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- teleo-
-
- centi-
-
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- cenote
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- closed
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noun,
the act of closing.
- sedile
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noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Colden
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noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- colent
-
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- celto-
-
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- soften
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verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- steno-
-
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clifts
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noun,
cliff.
- clino-
-
- TEFLON
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adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- clones
-
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.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Selden
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noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- cteno-
-
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- tildes
-
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.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Confed
-
- contd.
-
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- filos
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- ento-
-
- tides
-
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.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- teno-
-
- telo-
-
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- tele-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- 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.
- feeds
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- 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).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- TOEFL
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- feti-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- licet
-
- oste-
-
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Scot.
-
- sect.
-
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lenos
-
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.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- 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.
- OIcel
-
- 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.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- icons
-
- noct-
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- incl.
-
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- ileo-
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ideo-
-
- Icel.
-
- Indo-
-
- FSLIC
-
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- folds
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- self-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- seti-
-
- lect.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- sito-
-
- inst.
-
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sino-
-
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- codes
-
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:
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- ecol.
-
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- econ.
-
- Defoe
-
noun,
Daniel, 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.
- 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.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- ecto-
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- coel-
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coele
-
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- conf.
-
- 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.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- deci-
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- decl.
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- dist.
-
- disc.
-
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- edit.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- dict.
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- encl.
-
- 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.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- endo-
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- desc.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- 30-30
-
- dent.
-
- 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.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- Oct.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Dec.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- OECD
-
- Den.
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- OEEC
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- DCNL
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- 1080
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Del.
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lit.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- nos-
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- 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:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- NDSL
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- defs
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- lond
-
- NCTE
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Ltd.
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- cts.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- 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.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- def.
-
- lin.
-
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Ens.
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- cit.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Ceto
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- cide
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ste.
-
- cis-
-
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- soln
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TODS
-
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Cels
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ten.
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SLIC
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Col.
-
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- sec.
-
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- std.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Con.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Cond
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ole-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- sld.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- 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:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- EEOC
-
- IndE
-
- Inc.
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fict
-
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- ile-
-
- dioc
-
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- iod-
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- 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
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- int.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Inf.
-
- ins.
-
- dis-
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- infl
-
- dits
-
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.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Ice.
-
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- fold
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- fol.
-
- Ind.
-
- eco-
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- ect-
-
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- dol.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- fld.
-
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- eso-
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ence
-
- fec.
-
- FDIC
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- itol
-
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- est.
-
- Dino
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Din.
-
- iso-
-
- dif-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- end-
-
- etc.
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- enl.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- enc.
-
- fedn
-
- 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.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- 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.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Esd.
-
- 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.
- Fed.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- ene
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Fl.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- ct.
-
- FIO
-
- cl.
-
- Clo
-
- tlo
-
- ed.
-
- EDC
-
- Sfc
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- cs.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- TSE
-
- EOE
-
- EOF
-
- 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.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- SED
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- cf.
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- DST
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- eo-
-
- ETD
-
- CNS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- ec-
-
- Co.
-
- CNO
-
- ECF
-
- TLC
-
- TCS
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- EIS
-
- St.
-
- ETS
-
- fo.
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- CIF
-
- FCS
-
- CIE
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ETO
-
- CEO
-
- en-
-
- STI
-
- cfs
-
- CFO
-
- STL
-
- CFL
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- CFI
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CFD
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- efl
-
- FET
-
- Esc
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CDT
-
- CED
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- SLE
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- CLI
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- EDT
-
- ef-
-
- EEC
-
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- TID
-
- SOF
-
- fic
-
- EEO
-
- cle
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CEF
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- TSI
-
- se-
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- de-
-
- NOC
-
- LCT
-
- NLF
-
- SDI
-
- DLO
-
- DLC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- DCS
-
- ine
-
- NFC
-
- Doi
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DCL
-
- LDC
-
- DFC
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- do.
-
- DSC
-
- DSO
-
- Ld.
-
- 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.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- DLS
-
- NFD
-
- 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:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Isl
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- ise
-
- LOC
-
- 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.
- NCO
-
- ist
-
- LON
-
- DIL
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- NES
-
- LCD
-
- IOC
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- IOF
-
- 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 = .
- LCI
-
- LCF
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Lt.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- NDE
-
- IOT
-
- NSF
-
- 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.
- in.
-
- OED
-
- io-
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- di.
-
- ose
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ons
-
- FTC
-
- ONI
-
- ONF
-
- OSD
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ide
-
- DFT
-
- ft.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Les
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- SCF
-
- ScD
-
- sc.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- ot-
-
- DET
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- OTS
-
- FOS
-
- FOT
-
- ote
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ILS
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- il-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ILO
-
- Lif
-
- oic
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- OCS
-
- OCD
-
- OTC
-
- OSF
-
- 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.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- of-
-
- ctf
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- CSF
-
- CSO
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- OIt
-
- IFC
-
- CST
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- cte
-
- 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.
- ln
-
- CE
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
-
- L1
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- L.
-
- LC
-
- TN
-
- LF
-
- L2
-
- TL
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SN
-
- 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.
- D.
-
- ol
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SF
-
- DF
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- fn
-
- SL
-
- O.
-
- dl
-
- 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.
- ND
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- FC
-
- FD
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FE
-
- N.
-
- NC
-
- NF
-
- DN
-
- NI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- S.
-