Anagrams of dissemblance
Word dissemblance has
1676 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of dissemblance.
- beam-ends
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Idioms,
on her beam-ends, Nautical. heeled so far on one side that the deck is practically vertical:
- messaline
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noun,
a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- Mnesicles
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noun,
Greek architect of the 5th century b.c.
- Alcimedes
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noun,
a son of Jason and Medea.
- saliences
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- semblance
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noun,
outward aspect or appearance.
- disenable
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of ability; make unable; prevent.
- mandibles
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noun,
the bone of the lower jaw.
- dissemble
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verb (used with object),
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of:
- mescaline
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noun,
a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 11 H 17 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- medicable
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adjective,
responsive to medical treatment; curable.
- assembled
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adjective,
noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- Delcasse
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noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- silences
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- demi-sec
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adjective,
(of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- lie-abed
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noun,
a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- salesmen
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noun,
a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- bimensal
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adjective,
occurring once in two months; bimonthly.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- declasse
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adjective,
reduced to or having low or lower status:
- mandible
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noun,
the bone of the lower jaw.
- licenses
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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.
- mindless
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adjective,
without intelligence; senseless:
- Alcimede
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noun,
the mother of Jason.
- sanicles
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- bailsmen
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noun,
a person who gives bail or acts as surety.
- aniseeds
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- assemble
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noun,
a jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together.
- seedsman
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noun,
a sower of seed.
- medicals
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noun,
something done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.
- Sedecias
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noun,
Zedekiah.
- ambience
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noun,
ambiance.
- Balinese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Bali.
- beam-end
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Idioms,
on her beam-ends, Nautical. heeled so far on one side that the deck is practically vertical:
- lesbians
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- disables
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verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- alembics
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noun,
a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
- baseline
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noun,
Baseball. the area between bases within which a base runner must keep when running from one base to another.
- sensible
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adjective,
having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment:
- beadsmen
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noun,
a person who prays for another as a duty, especially when paid.
- decimals
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noun,
decimal fraction.
- declaims
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verb (used with object),
to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
- deniable
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adjective,
capable of being or liable to be denied or contradicted.
- decibels
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noun,
a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- nameless
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adjective,
having no name.
- mineable
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adjective,
minable.
- misdeals
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noun,
Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.
- cleanses
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- dalesmen
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noun,
a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.
- endemics
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noun,
an endemic disease.
- misleads
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verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- Milanese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- linseeds
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noun,
flaxseed.
- Messiaen
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noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- Messenia
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noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- limeades
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- debacles
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noun,
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
- idleness
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noun,
the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle:
- leadsmen
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noun,
a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- sabines
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- dismals
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noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- Clemens
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noun,
Roger (William Roger Clemens"The Rocket") born 1962, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- declaim
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verb (used with object),
to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
- seabeds
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noun,
seafloor.
- baleens
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noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- Lesbian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- misease
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noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- bandies
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noun,
an early form of tennis.
- melanic
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adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- mislead
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verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- disease
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noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- discase
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verb (used with object),
to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- declass
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verb (used with object),
to remove or degrade from one's social class, position, or rank; lower in status.
- disable
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verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- Nemesis
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noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- Melanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Melinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- seidels
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noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- Edelman
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noun,
Gerald Maurice, 1929–2014, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1972.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- measled
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adjective,
(of swine or other livestock) affected with measles.
- measles
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noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.
an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola.
any of certain other eruptive diseases. Compare German measles.
- madness
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noun,
the state of being mad; insanity.
- aniseed
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- decimal
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noun,
decimal fraction.
- ascends
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verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- medials
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noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- minable
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adjective,
capable of being mined, especially profitably.
- Meissen
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noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- linseed
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noun,
flaxseed.
- Seeland
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noun,
Zealand.
- misdeal
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noun,
Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- medical
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noun,
something done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.
- mildens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- decibel
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noun,
a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- medinas
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Seaside
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noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- basemen
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noun,
a first, second, or third baseman.
- Melissa
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- demises
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noun,
death or decease.
- incases
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- debacle
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noun,
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- mescals
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noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- Decalin
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- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- bindles
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noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- debases
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verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- demeans
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noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- blendes
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noun,
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
- blessed
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adjective,
consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified:
- Delibes
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noun,
(Clément Philibert) Léo [kley-mahn fee-lee-ber ley-aw] /kleɪˈmɑ̃ fi liˈbɛr leɪˈɔ/ (Show IPA), 1836–91, French composer, especially of operas, operettas, and ballets.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- limeade
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- Camelid
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noun,
any two-toed ruminant of the family Camelidae, including the camels, llamas, and vicunas.
- 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.
- besides
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adverb,
moreover; furthermore; also:
- menaces
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noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- bedlams
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noun,
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
- Bassein
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noun,
a city in SW Burma, near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- scabies
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noun,
a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin.
Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- missend
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- 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.
- idlesse
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noun,
idleness.
- becalms
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm:
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- beldams
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noun,
an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.
- Belinda
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noun,
a female given name: from an Old Spanish word meaning “beautiful.”.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- bemeans
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verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- desmans
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noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- benames
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verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- islands
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noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Benemid
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- semaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- edibles
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noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- embacle
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noun,
an accumulation of broken ice in a river.
Compare debacle (def 2).
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Siemens
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noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- aimless
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adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- sidemen
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- Siamese
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noun,
a native of Siam.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- Alcides
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noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- Alcmene
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noun,
the mother of Hercules by Zeus, who had assumed the form of Amphitryon, her husband.
- alembic
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noun,
a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- ambiens
-
- aediles
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noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- sendals
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noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- endless
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adjective,
having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant:
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- endemic
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noun,
an endemic disease.
- Abilene
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noun,
a city in central Texas.
- enamels
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noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- abscind
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verb (used with object),
to sever.
- abscise
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verb (used without object),
to separate by abscission, as a leaf from a stem.
- abseils
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- absence
-
noun,
state of being away or not being present:
- enables
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verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- malices
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noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- diesels
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noun,
diesel engine.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- ad-lib
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noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- nicads
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noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Emelia
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noun,
a female given name.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- indecl
-
- deesis
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noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- asdics
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noun,
sonar.
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- 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.
- mescal
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noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- Sabine
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- sabins
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noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- deisms
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noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- nimble
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adjective,
quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid:
- adeems
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verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- sadism
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noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- malice
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noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- limbed
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- ediles
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noun,
aedile.
- limbas
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noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- Sinbad
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noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- decime
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noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- emends
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verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- emesis
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noun,
vomitus.
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- cabmen
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noun,
cabdriver.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- measle
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noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- lameds
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- embeds
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noun,
a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
- saices
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noun,
syce.
- decane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- semens
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noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- bindle
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Blaine
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noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bields
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- blende
-
noun,
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
- Embden
-
noun,
one of a breed of large, white domestic geese having orange shanks, toes, and bill.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- blinds
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- blends
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Maced.
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- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bleeds
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- blancs
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- blamed
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- imbeds
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- slides
-
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- class.
-
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- edible
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- climbs
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- cleans
-
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- enamel
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- enable
-
verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- celebs
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- sidles
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- blames
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- Melena
-
noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- scends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- dismes
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- dismal
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- baleen
-
noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Beadle
-
noun,
a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- scalds
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- badmen
-
noun,
a bandit, outlaw, desperado, etc., especially in the early history of the western U.S.
- melan-
-
- ambles
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- basils
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Belsen
-
noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- bedims
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- bedlam
-
noun,
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- bename
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- beldam
-
noun,
an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- selen-
-
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- bemean
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Mendel
-
noun,
Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- becalm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm:
- Bessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- became
-
verb,
simple past tense of become.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Bessel
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drik wil-helm;; German free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1846, German astronomer.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- encl.
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- demi-
-
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Icel.
-
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Deneb
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- desc.
-
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- male-
-
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- 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.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- deci-
-
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- embed
-
noun,
a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- decl.
-
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- elem.
-
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Melia
-
- dial.
-
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- diam.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- disc.
-
- masc.
-
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- deca-
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- assn.
-
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anim.
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- semi-
-
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Scand
-
- scabs
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- scads
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sebi-
-
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- amid-
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- aden-
-
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- sines
-
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.
- acids
-
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.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- slabs
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- 30-30
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- ambi-
-
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- AMEDS
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- silds
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- limba
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Miss.
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Cades
-
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.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- incl.
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- BSElE
-
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- imbed
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cidal
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- cine-
-
- Camb.
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- Belem
-
noun,
a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- Sans.
-
- bedim
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- in-lb
-
- clase
-
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- climb
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- blind
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- blend
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- misc.
-
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- bleed
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- lin.
-
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- med.
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- 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:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- MAEd
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- 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.
- 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.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Mac-
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 1080
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- ScBE
-
- SBIC
-
- SBLI
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sci.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- scil
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SASE
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sec.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sab.
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Saml
-
- SEbS
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SLBM
-
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- sld.
-
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- SLIC
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- SMSA
-
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- SScD
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Sem.
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- 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.
- mal-
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mic.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mid.
-
- midn
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- men-
-
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MALD
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- MALS
-
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- MDES
-
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mdse
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- min.
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NDAC
-
- NDSL
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NEbE
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- neem
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NASD
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MSAE
-
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MNAS
-
- MSBA
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- MScD
-
- MSCE
-
- msec
-
- MSEE
-
- MSIE
-
- MSSc
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- MSBC
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- bal.
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deb.
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- DCNL
-
- Dec.
-
- BAEd
-
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- DBMS
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- dbl.
-
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Danl
-
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- asis
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- ANSI
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- ASME
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- ance
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- AMLS
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Dem.
-
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- 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.
- dis-
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- BASc
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Cal.
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- BSME
-
- BSEE
-
- BSEc
-
- BSES
-
- BSIE
-
- BSLM
-
- BSCE
-
- BSLS
-
- BSAE
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- BSNA
-
- BSSA
-
- BSSE
-
- BMEd
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- 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.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CBEL
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- cide
-
- BDSA
-
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- BDes
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cis-
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- cml.
-
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- cene
-
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- 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.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- cen.
-
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- Cels
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- BSEM
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ald.
-
- ible
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Alb.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- ALBM
-
- IADB
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Ind.
-
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Aldm
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ESIS
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Esd.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Alis
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ICBM
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Adm.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- Lab.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- idae
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Idas
-
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).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ical
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ISSN
-
- AIME
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- AInd
-
- Ice.
-
- Lam.
-
- Ens.
-
- ISBN
-
- inae
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inc.
-
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- IndE
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- ins.
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- ABLS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- abs-
-
- enl.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- emia
-
- Lani
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- ACLS
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- 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.
- isls
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ile-
-
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- SLE
-
- ABM
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- abd
-
- BLA
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- Am.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SAE
-
- SSB
-
- SSC
-
- SSD
-
- SSE
-
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- BMS
-
- BMI
-
- bi-
-
- SMD
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- an.
-
- al.
-
- SMA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- SMB
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- BIE
-
- ADC
-
- BME
-
- SMS
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ab-
-
- ble
-
- BLM
-
- BLS
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- abn
-
- bl.
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- SED
-
- BSS
-
- BCE
-
- BSC
-
- Bac
-
- ALM
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- sd.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- 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).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- AMS
-
- ANC
-
- AME
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Amb
-
- ASN
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- asb
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bec
-
- Bde
-
- SCB
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ADB
-
- ACS
-
- BCD
-
- BCS
-
- BDA
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- sc.
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- SLA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ScD
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SDA
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- SDI
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- SCS
-
- AIC
-
- SCM
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- BCL
-
- SSN
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- EdB
-
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- Les
-
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- EIS
-
- La.
-
- MCI
-
- mbd
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EbN
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- DMS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- di.
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- 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.
- DIL
-
- DLC
-
- DLS
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- DMA
-
- DML
-
- 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).
- ean
-
- DNA
-
- DNB
-
- DSA
-
- DSS
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ISA
-
- Mc-
-
- MBE
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- LSS
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- LSM
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- LSI
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- LSC
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Me.
-
- IDA
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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).
- IDB
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- ide
-
- IDS
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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-
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ine
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- Md.
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- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- en-
-
- id.
-
- ene
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ics
-
- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Ia.
-
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- MAD
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noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- ial
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- Mab
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noun,
Queen Mab.
- IBN
-
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- M-1
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noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- MSL
-
- Dee
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noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DEA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- NEC
-
- NEB
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- CAM
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noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- NDE
-
- NBS
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- NbE
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- NBC
-
- NBA
-
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- CBS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- CEA
-
- CED
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- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- LDC
-
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lb.
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plural,
pound.
- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- CAI
-
- MSI
-
- BSN
-
- LBS
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plural,
pound.
- LCA
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NMI
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- LCD
-
- LCI
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- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- BSM
-
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ca.
-
- CAD
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noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CBD
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- CBE
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIA
-
- LCM
-
- Ld.
-
- NES
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CAB
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noun,
a taxicab.
- de-
-
- MSN
-
- MSE
-
- Dam
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noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- MSD
-
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- DCL
-
- DCM
-
- DSC
-
- DSM
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- DAB
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noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- MIE
-
- CSA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- DBA
-
- DBS
-
- d-c
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- DCS
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- DBE
-
- CNS
-
- MLA
-
- CIA
-
- MSA
-
- MNS
-
- CIB
-
- MNE
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- MNA
-
- 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.
- CNM
-
- MLD
-
- MLS
-
- ml.
-
- cle
-
- CMD
-
- CMA
-
- CIE
-
- CLI
-
- LIM
-
- CIM
-
- L1
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- 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.
- le
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- LC
-
- L2
-
- SN
-
- SA
-
- LM
-
- ND
-
- 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.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- MN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- DB
-
- CM
-
- CE
-
- CB
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- dl
-
- BM
-
- ln
-
- Eb
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MB
-
- ic
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EI
-
- DM
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- S.
-
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BC
-
- DN
-
- N.
-