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- otosclerosis
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noun,
formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss.
- sclerotomies
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noun,
incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- colostomies
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noun,
the construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents.
- roscoelite
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noun,
a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- cloistress
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noun,
a nun.
- sclerotome
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noun,
Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- colotomies
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noun,
incision or opening of the colon.
- Moriscoes
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- colorists
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noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- sclerosis
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noun,
Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
- sclerites
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- corselets
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- crosslets
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- meteorol.
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- isosceles
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adjective,
(of a straight-sided plane figure) having two sides equal:
- solstices
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- solecisms
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noun,
a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- motocross
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noun,
a timed motorcycle race over a closed course consisting of a winding dirt trail with hills, jumps, sharp turns, and often muddy terrain.
- somersets
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- merciless
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adjective,
without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel:
- creosotes
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noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- locomotes
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verb (used without object),
to move about, especially under one's own power.
- cortisols
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noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- esoterism
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noun,
esotericism.
- stormless
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adjective,
without storms.
- miscolors
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verb (used with object),
to give a wrong color to.
- locomote
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verb (used without object),
to move about, especially under one's own power.
- corslets
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Solimoes
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noun,
Brazilian name of the Amazon from its junction with the Río Negro to the border of Peru.
- soloists
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noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- stoolies
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- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- solstice
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- cortisol
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noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- locoisms
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noun,
a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
- Somerset
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- melitose
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noun,
raffinose.
- solecism
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noun,
a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- restless
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adjective,
characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest:
- creosote
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noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- creosols
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- colorist
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noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- ossicles
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noun,
a small bone.
- cressets
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- costrels
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- osteosis
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noun,
the formation of bony tissue, usually infiltrating connective tissue.
- Comtesse
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noun,
countess.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- ostioles
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- crosslet
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- ostomies
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noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- termless
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adjective,
not limited; unconditional.
- timeless
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adjective,
without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- toilsome
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adjective,
characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- tremolos
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noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- rissoles
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- scooters
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- Moriscos
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- smelters
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- miscolor
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verb (used with object),
to give a wrong color to.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- rosolios
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noun,
a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- Mistress
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noun,
a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- electro-
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- trisomes
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- mesolite
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noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- rootless
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adjective,
having no roots.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- stereo-
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- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- seismo-
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- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- remises
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- sessile
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adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- cossets
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noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- lissome
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adjective,
lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
- seismol
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- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- semites
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- creosol
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- rosolio
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noun,
a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.
- isomers
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- somites
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- soloist
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noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- scissor
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noun,
scissors.
- electr-
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- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- sociol.
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- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- scissel
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noun,
the remains of a strip from which coin blanks have been cut; clippings.
- crosses
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noun,
a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- lessors
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Sisters
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sitcoms
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noun,
situation comedy.
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- cresols
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Scotism
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noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cresses
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noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- slicers
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- resists
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- sorosis
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noun,
a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- sclero-
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- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- locoism
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noun,
a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- motoric
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adjective,
motor (def 11).
- clootie
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- closers
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Melrose
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noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- closets
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- ocelots
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- coeloms
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noun,
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- cleomes
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noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- omelets
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- Morelos
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noun,
a state in S central Mexico. 1916 sq. mi. (4960 sq. km). Capital: Cuernavaca.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- molests
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verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- tresses
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Moliere
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noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- tremolo
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noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- Morisco
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noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- metisse
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noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Messier
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noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- osmoses
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noun,
osmosis.
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- osmosis
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noun,
Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology.
the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane.
the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- cormels
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noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- Corliss
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noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- loesses
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noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- ostosis
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noun,
the formation of bone; ossification.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- ossicle
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noun,
a small bone.
- selects
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- osselet
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noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- lessor
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- rectos
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- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- micros
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noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- micro-
-
- scoots
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noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- morels
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noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- metro-
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- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- scoto-
-
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- me-too
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adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- scler-
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- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- morose
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adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- molies
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noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- recti-
-
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- losers
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- misses
-
noun,
a failure to hit something.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- seisms
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- losses
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- lesses
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- osteo-
-
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- messes
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- mosses
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Cleome
-
noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- costo-
-
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- steres
-
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- COSMOS
-
noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- cosmo-
-
- sotols
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- Somers
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- cross-
-
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- socles
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stress
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- teleo-
-
- stools
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- coelom
-
noun,
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Sestos
-
noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- celto-
-
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- smelts
-
noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- cesses
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- socio-
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- smolts
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- elect.
-
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- eroto-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- 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.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- octo-
-
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- oleo-
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- term.
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- OIcel
-
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- MOTOS
-
- mools
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- semi-
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seric
-
- sero-
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seti-
-
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sect.
-
- Scot.
-
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Recit
-
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stome
-
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- oste-
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- tele-
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telo-
-
- osmo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Oromo
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- rect.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- ster.
-
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Icel.
-
- ileo-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Miss.
-
- lect.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- cores
-
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- cert.
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- coel-
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- coele
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- licet
-
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Colo.
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- looms
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Comr.
-
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- misc.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- ecto-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meso-
-
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- ecol.
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Metol
-
- metr-
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- elem.
-
- 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.
- crit.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- crim.
-
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 30-30
-
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- miso-
-
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- isls
-
- Col.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- str.
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- ctr.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- cts.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Com.
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- eco-
-
- tel-
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- ect-
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rom.
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- rit.
-
- ter.
-
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- EEOC
-
- coml
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- itol
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- Ste.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sem.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- 1080
-
- etc.
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Cres
-
- 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).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Cor.
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Ire.
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- 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.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- sec.
-
- Ice.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- scr.
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IMCO
-
- Cort
-
- SLIC
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- OEEC
-
- Ceto
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- cet-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- ole-
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Oct.
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- MSTS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- MSEE
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- cis-
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Omoo
-
noun,
a novel (1847) by Herman Melville.
- cir.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- 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.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- msec
-
- cit.
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- mil.
-
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- 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).
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- MILR
-
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- MSCE
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Cels
-
- tri-
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Mic.
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- lit.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cml.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- oto-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TMO
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tlo
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- tlr
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- cr.
-
- CRS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- ss.
-
- CSR
-
- cte
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- STI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Tro
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- CST
-
- cs.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- tr.
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SSS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CLR
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- SSM
-
- Sr.
-
- SSI
-
- CIE
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CLI
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TCS
-
- CEO
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- SSC
-
- SRS
-
- Clo
-
- CIM
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- STM
-
- SSE
-
- STL
-
- cle
-
- TLC
-
- IOC
-
- TSS
-
- ose
-
- RCS
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- OSS
-
- OSO
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSC
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- ltr
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OOT
-
- Re.
-
- RCT
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Les
-
- Lt.
-
- LCI
-
- LCM
-
- LCT
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- LIM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- LMT
-
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Mo.
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- RMC
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MSE
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MOR
-
- MST
-
- MIE
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- ml.
-
- MIT
-
- MSI
-
- Mt.
-
- oo-
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
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.
- Om.
-
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- MTI
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- Oc.
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ier
-
- SCM
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- EMR
-
- ILS
-
- ior
-
- EMT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLE
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ETS
-
- IRS
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ERT
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SCS
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- EOE
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- se-
-
- IRO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ITC
-
- sc.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- EEC
-
- ite
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ECM
-
- ec-
-
- ROI
-
- EOM
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- eo-
-
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- Isl
-
- RTS
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- SLR
-
- ise
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- EIS
-
- Rs.
-
- SMS
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- CM
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
-
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LM
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- LC
-
- L.
-
- ee
-
- le
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RI
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- RC
-
- R.
-
- SM
-
- LR
-
- TL
-
- TM
-
- M.
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ol
-
- EI
-