Anagrams of electroanalysis
Word electroanalysis has
4277 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of electroanalysis.
- castellanies
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noun,
the rank, office, or jurisdiction of a castellan.
- coessential
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adjective,
united in essence; having the same essence or nature.
- lacerations
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noun,
the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- seasonality
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noun,
the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons:
- Castellanos
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noun,
Julio [hoo-lyaw] /ˈhu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–47, Mexican painter.
- necessarily
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adverb,
by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement:
- recessional
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noun,
a hymn or other piece of music played at the end of a service while the congregation is filing out.
- crystalline
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adjective,
of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- senatorial
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
- ancestries
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noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- Resistance
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noun,
the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- carnallite
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noun,
a white hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O, used chiefly as a source of potassium and magnesium.
- resections
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- scansorial
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adjective,
capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- lanceolate
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adjective,
shaped like the head of a lance.
- antecessor
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noun,
a person who goes before; predecessor.
- interclass
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adjective,
between classes; involving different classes.
- coastlines
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- stone-lily
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- citronella
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noun,
a fragrant grass, Cymbopogon nardus, of southern Asia, cultivated as the source of citronella oil.
- crystallo-
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- relational
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adjective,
of or relating to relations.
- salicylate
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noun,
a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- oscillates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.
- tolerances
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- sectarians
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- arsenolite
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- secretions
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- lectionary
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noun,
a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- laceration
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noun,
the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- ascertains
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- incrassate
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adjective,
Also, incrassated. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
- interlaces
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- catenaries
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noun,
Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. Equation: y = k cos h (x / k).
- castellans
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noun,
the governor of a castle.
- castellany
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noun,
the rank, office, or jurisdiction of a castellan.
- escalators
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noun,
Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- allosteric
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adjective,
pertaining to regulation of the rate of an enzymatic process.
- Alcoranist
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noun,
a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- cessionary
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noun,
an assignee or grantee.
- isocyanate
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noun,
a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- royalties
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noun,
royal persons collectively.
- cryolites
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.
- areostyle
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adjective,
araeostyle.
- reenlists
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- arecoline
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noun,
a toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an agent for killing and expelling intestinal worms.
- allanites
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- allantoic
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adjective,
of or relating to the allantois.
- traceless
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adjective,
having or leaving no trace:
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- electoral
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adjective,
pertaining to electors or election.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- interlays
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verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- arsenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- arsenical
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noun,
any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- alienates
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verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- allantois
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noun,
a vascular, extraembryonic membrane of birds, reptiles, and certain mammals that develops as a sac or diverticulum from the ventral wall of the hindgut.
- croissant
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noun,
a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
- sclerites
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- seatrains
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Isocrates
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noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- analcites
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- lacerates
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adjective,
lacerated.
- staircase
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noun,
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- analytics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) Logic. the science of logical analysis.
- ancestral
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adjective,
pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
- ancillary
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noun,
something that serves in an ancillary capacity:
- ecarinate
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adjective,
having no carina or keel.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- stallions
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noun,
an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- anorectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or associated with the anus and rectum.
- allocates
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot:
- lancelets
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noun,
any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- elastance
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noun,
the reciprocal of capacitance.
- all-stars
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noun,
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- sclerotin
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noun,
an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- crossline
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noun,
a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points:
- cross-eye
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noun,
crossed eyes.
- relocates
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- eyestrain
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noun,
a sensation of discomfort produced in the eyes by their excessive or improper use:
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- laitances
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- estancias
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- rascality
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noun,
rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- casserole
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noun,
a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover.
- cassation
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noun,
annulment; cancellation; reversal.
- cytosines
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noun,
a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 5 N 3 O, that is one of the fundamental components of DNA and RNA, in which it forms a base pair with guanine. Symbol: C.
- caseinate
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noun,
a metallic salt of casein.
- caseation
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noun,
Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- notecases
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noun,
billfold.
- Claytonia
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noun,
any of the low, succulent plants constituting the genus Claytonia of the purslane family, having basal leaves and long clusters of white or rose-colored flowers.
- castellan
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noun,
the governor of a castle.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- carolines
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noun,
a female given name.
- loyalties
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noun,
the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.
- serenatas
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- loyalists
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noun,
a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- Claretian
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noun,
a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- localites
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noun,
one who lives in a particular locality.
- cysteines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 3 H 7 O 2 NS, a component of nearly all proteins, obtained by the reduction of cystine. Symbol: C. Abbreviation: Cys;
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- carillons
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noun,
a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
- cellarets
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- Centralia
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noun,
a city in central Illinois.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- centriole
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noun,
a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- necessity
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noun,
something necessary or indispensable:
- necessary
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noun,
something necessary or required for a particular purpose; necessity.
- certainly
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adverb,
with certainty; without doubt; assuredly:
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- celestial
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noun,
an inhabitant of heaven.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cesareans
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noun,
Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cessation
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noun,
a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:
- Nitralloy
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- catalysis
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noun,
Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- cineastes
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- cleansers
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- corselets
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- coralline
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adjective,
composed of coral or having the structure of coral:
- collinses
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- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- tyrosines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- contrails
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- sectaries
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- sectarian
-
noun,
a member of a sect.
- corallite
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noun,
the skeleton of a single coral polyp.
- oscillate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.
- corelates
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- insolates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- associate
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noun,
a person who shares actively in anything as a business, enterprise, or undertaking; partner; colleague; fellow worker:
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- assertion
-
noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- Corneille
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noun,
Pierre [pee-air;; French pyer] /piˈɛər;; French pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.
- rallyists
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noun,
a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- collinear
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adjective,
lying in the same straight line.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- teocallis
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noun,
a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
- canallers
-
noun,
a freight boat built for use on canals.
- cloistral
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adjective,
of, relating to, or living in a cloister.
- oleasters
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- canailles
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- Orleanais
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noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- lineolate
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adjective,
marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- coeternal
-
adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- callosity
-
noun,
a callous condition.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- collarets
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noun,
a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.
- orinasals
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- lenticels
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noun,
a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- silencers
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- increases
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- saliences
-
noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- treenails
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- inscrolls
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verb (used with object),
enscroll.
- acroleins
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- escaroles
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- air-lance
-
noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- entresols
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- Escalator
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noun,
Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- acrylates
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noun,
a salt or ester of an acrylic acid.
- scallions
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noun,
any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scenarist
-
noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- tailraces
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- insectary
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noun,
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- sarcenets
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- sacristan
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noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- ensorcell
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verb (used with object),
to bewitch:
- enscrolls
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verb (used with object),
to commemorate or record in a permanent manner, by or as if by inscribing on parchment.
- essential
-
noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- acierates
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- sarcosine
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- escalates
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verb (used with or without object),
to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
- colleens
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noun,
an Irish girl.
- collyria
-
noun,
eyewash (def 1).
- Erastian
-
noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- styrenes
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- sanitary
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adjective,
of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- collates
-
verb (used with object),
to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- Caerleon
-
noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- orinasal
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- licenses
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- seicento
-
noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- orseille
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noun,
orchil.
- Colliers
-
noun,
a ship for carrying coal.
- erasions
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- atresias
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- colliery
-
noun,
a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.
- seilenos
-
noun,
Silenus.
- tireless
-
adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- lientery
-
noun,
a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- acrylate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of an acrylic acid.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- coasters
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Ericsson
-
noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- canellas
-
noun,
the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.
- oralists
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Canaries
-
noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- Canarese
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noun,
one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
- acrasins
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- canaller
-
noun,
a freight boat built for use on canals.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- canaille
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- coesites
-
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.
- caloyers
-
noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- collaret
-
noun,
a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.
- stollens
-
noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- acrolein
-
noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- calloses
-
noun,
callus (def 2).
- Callisto
-
noun,
Also, Kallisto. Classical Mythology. a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.
- coistrel
-
noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- callants
-
noun,
a lad; boy.
- tinselly
-
adjective,
decorated with or abounding in tinsel.
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- Oriental
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- tinselry
-
noun,
cheap and pretentious display.
- colinear
-
adjective,
collinear.
- Lycaonia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- insolate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- Coltrane
-
noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- corselet
-
noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- entirely
-
adverb,
wholly or fully; completely or unreservedly:
- toenails
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- corslets
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- societal
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- leisters
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- seatrain
-
noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- Socrates
-
noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- lections
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- lecterns
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- salterns
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- Artesian
-
adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- costrels
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- sea-star
-
noun,
starfish.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- arsenics
-
- aerolite
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- arsenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- Asnieres
-
noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- rallyist
-
noun,
a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- Tirolean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- Tyrolean
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- Tirolese
-
adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- Tyrolese
-
adjective, noun,
Tyrolean.
- ateliers
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- contessa
-
noun,
countess.
- coarsens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- sanicles
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- tyrosine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- contrail
-
noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- sections
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- sanatory
-
adjective,
favorable for health; curative; healing.
- yearlies
-
noun,
a publication appearing once a year.
- asternal
-
adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- Cornelia
-
noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- saltires
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- lenticle
-
noun,
a window in a clock case revealing the motion of the pendulum bob.
- corelate
-
verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- entresol
-
noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- saltines
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- lenticel
-
noun,
a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- entrelac
-
noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- saltiers
-
noun,
saltire.
- Assyrian
-
noun,
a native or an inhabitant of Assyria.
- entrails
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- secretin
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- escolars
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- nitrosyl
-
adjective,
nitroso.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- catenary
-
noun,
Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. Equation: y = k cos h (x / k).
- nacelles
-
noun,
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- estrones
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- cilantro
-
noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Castries
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- Escorial
-
noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- cineoles
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- Castillo
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- caterans
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Castilla
-
noun,
Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- L-series
-
noun,
See under L-line.
- acarines
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- escarole
-
noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- cyrtosis
-
noun,
Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- loricate
-
adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- cysteine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 3 H 7 O 2 NS, a component of nearly all proteins, obtained by the reduction of cystine. Symbol: C. Abbreviation: Cys;
- acerolas
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- escalate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
- cystines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- cyanosis
-
noun,
blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- Caterina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- cistrons
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- necrosis
-
noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- centiles
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- silences
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- essonite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- centesis
-
noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- centrals
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- neostyle
-
noun,
a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- neoteric
-
noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- tsarinas
-
noun,
czarina.
- tiercels
-
noun,
tercel.
- syenites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.
- cerastes
-
noun,
any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
- cyanites
-
noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- necroses
-
noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- celosias
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- cellaret
-
noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- Estancia
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- celestas
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- celerity
-
noun,
swiftness; speed.
- Cesarean
-
noun,
Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- estriols
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- scalares
-
noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- narcosis
-
noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- cyanates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of cyanic acid.
- Lorestan
-
noun,
Luristan.
- cytosine
-
noun,
a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 5 N 3 O, that is one of the fundamental components of DNA and RNA, in which it forms a base pair with guanine. Symbol: C.
- tailrace
-
noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- carinate
-
adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- Clarissa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- locality
-
noun,
a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there:
- acyloins
-
noun,
a hydroxy ketone of the general formula RCOCHOHR, where R is an element or group.
- localite
-
noun,
one who lives in a particular locality.
- Carlisle
-
noun,
John Griffin [grif-in] /ˈgrɪf ɪn/ (Show IPA), 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
- carlines
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carleton
-
noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- cleanser
-
noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- saracens
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- cleanses
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- sensoria
-
noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- trysails
-
noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- carillon
-
noun,
a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
- literals
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- literacy
-
noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- clysters
-
noun,
an enema.
- careless
-
adjective,
not paying enough attention to what one does:
- cloister
-
noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- teocalli
-
noun,
a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
- oleaster
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- coal-tar
-
noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- acolytes
-
noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- sentries
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- clarions
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- sisterly
-
adjective,
of, like, or befitting a sister:
- Serenity
-
noun,
the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- sarcinas
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- caseates
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo caseation.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- notarial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- noteless
-
adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- eternals
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- Clairton
-
noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- systolic
-
adjective,
(of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- clarinos
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- acetones
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- carotene
-
noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- Caroline
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carolina
-
noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- acierate
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- Carolean
-
adjective,
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
- serenata
-
noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- Loyalist
-
noun,
a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- Carniola
-
noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- clarinet
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- acylates
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce the acyl group into (a compound).
- silencer
-
noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- actressy
-
adjective,
self-consciously stagy in style or manner; exaggeratedly theatrical:
- craniate
-
noun,
a craniate animal.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- Alliance
-
noun,
the act of allying or state of being allied.
- all-year
-
adjective,
taking up, extending through, or occurring continually during a year:
- salaries
-
noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- scanties
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- crystall
-
- sclerite
-
noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- laitance
-
noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- rocaille
-
noun,
Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- anolytes
-
noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- treasons
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- S-scroll
-
noun,
an ornamental motif in the form of the letter S .
- earnests
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- elations
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- scarlets
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- allanite
-
noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- lactoses
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- analects
-
plural noun,
selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
- Salesian
-
noun,
a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- analcite
-
noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- royalist
-
noun,
a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- Alcestis
-
noun,
Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- inscroll
-
verb (used with object),
enscroll.
- laetrile
-
noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- seacoast
-
noun,
the land immediately adjacent to the sea.
- allecret
-
noun,
a half suit of light plate armor.
- cryolite
-
noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.
- scallion
-
noun,
any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- criollas
-
noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- allocate
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot:
- elastins
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- lacerate
-
adjective,
lacerated.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- crosslet
-
noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- enactory
-
adjective,
of or relating to an enactment that creates new rights and obligations.
- stallion
-
noun,
an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- crosstie
-
noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- crotalin
-
noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- isolates
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- incloses
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- isostere
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- sacristy
-
noun,
an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- laotians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Antilles
-
plural noun,
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles) the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees)
- staysail
-
noun,
any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- solstice
-
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.
- sea-lion
-
noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Lancelot
-
noun,
Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- alastors
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- tearless
-
adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- Croatian
-
noun,
a Croat.
- Elsinore
-
noun,
Helsingør.
- arcanist
-
noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- Reliance
-
noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- lancelet
-
noun,
any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- ailerons
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- all-star
-
noun,
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
- relocate
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- araneose
-
adjective,
arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- solitary
-
noun,
a person who lives alone or in solitude, or avoids the society of others.
- elastics
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Talassio
-
noun,
a god invoked at ancient Roman weddings, especially in epithalamions.
- elastase
-
noun,
a pancreatic protease that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin and other related proteins to polypeptides and amino acids.
- Alcyones
-
noun,
a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- election
-
noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- analysis
-
noun,
the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Anatolic
-
adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- Easterly
-
noun,
a wind that blows from the east.
- retinols
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- salience
-
noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- alienors
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- reenlist
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- alienate
-
verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- close-in
-
adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- interlay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- Alicante
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- ancestry
-
noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- saliency
-
noun,
salience.
- enscroll
-
verb (used with object),
to commemorate or record in a permanent manner, by or as if by inscribing on parchment.
- arillate
-
adjective,
having an aril.
- lacteals
-
noun,
Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- retinals
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- lactases
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- Rosellen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- roselles
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, of the mallow family, grown for its thick, red calyx and bracts, used in making jellies and as a substitute for cranberries.
- installs
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- sealants
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- ancillas
-
noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- encloses
-
verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- seasonal
-
noun,
a seasonal product, employee, etc.:
- Lacrosse
-
noun,
a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- aleatory
-
adjective,
Law. depending on a contingent event:
- stearins
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- rescales
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- salients
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- anisoles
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- electros
-
noun,
electrotype.
- laterals
-
noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- treacles
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- analytic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- electro-
-
- lactones
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- seasnail
-
noun,
any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- electron
-
noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- reclines
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- sea-lane
-
noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- alacrity
-
noun,
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
- sea-salt
-
noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- enclose
-
verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- cleanly
-
adverb,
in a clean manner.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- systole
-
noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarity
-
noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- encases
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- ecstasy
-
noun,
rapturous delight.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Clayton
-
noun,
John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- locales
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- sorites
-
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.
- encysts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- incross
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- stearo-
-
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- strolls
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- Sillery
-
noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec.
- sillers
-
noun,
silver.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- cerato-
-
- eslisor
-
noun,
elisor.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- electr-
-
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- cession
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- elytron
-
noun,
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.
- insoles
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- install
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Elysian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling Elysium.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- centri-
-
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- centro-
-
- estrays
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- nectary
-
noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- nasally
-
adverb,
in a nasal manner.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Stanley
-
noun,
Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- cystine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- syrians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- elaenia
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
- Lorelei
-
noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- cyanate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of cyanic acid.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cyanite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- Ellison
-
noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- Nayarit
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico. 10,442 sq. mi. (27,045 sq. km). Capital: Tepic.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- nacelle
-
noun,
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- cineole
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- ensiles
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- clearly
-
adverb,
in a clear manner:
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- latency
-
noun,
the state of being latent.
- Coryell
-
noun,
John Russell, 1848–1924, U.S. author of detective and adventure stories.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- cresset
-
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.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- Corliss
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- Cornell
-
noun,
Ezra, 1809–74, U.S. capitalist and philanthropist.
- cornels
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- enrolls
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Lenclos
-
noun,
Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- cresols
-
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.
- lateral
-
noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- socials
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- tellies
-
noun,
television.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Larissa
-
noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- constr.
-
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- stereo-
-
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- contra-
-
- styrene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- stylers
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Crystal
-
noun,
a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- crissal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- criolla
-
noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- lascars
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- Corelli
-
noun,
Arcangelo [ahr-kahn-je-law] /ɑrˈkɑn dʒɛˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1653–1713, Italian violinist and composer.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- corsets
-
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.
- creoles
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- crayons
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- yester-
-
- Leclair
-
noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- creases
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- sterno-
-
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- yestern
-
adjective,
yester.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solaces
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- craniol
-
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cranio-
-
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- tellers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- crenels
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- cosines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- entero-
-
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Slayton
-
noun,
Donald Kent ("Deke") 1924–1993, U.S. astronaut.
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- lyrists
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Taylors
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- lioncel
-
noun,
a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- coastal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- sonatas
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- closets
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closers
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- lysines
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- clerisy
-
noun,
learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.
- tarsals
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- lactary
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of milk.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- listers
-
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.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- clyster
-
noun,
an enema.
- listels
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- tailles
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- lacteal
-
noun,
Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- storeys
-
noun,
story2 .
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- lysates
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- linseys
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- larceny
-
noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- collat.
-
- collate
-
verb (used with object),
to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- Colleen
-
noun,
an Irish girl.
- illness
-
noun,
unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- collets
-
noun,
a collar or enclosing band.
- crossly
-
adverb,
in a cross or angry manner.
- stellas
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- collars
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- Collier
-
noun,
a ship for carrying coal.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- Collins
-
noun,
a tall drink made with gin, whiskey, rum, or vodka, and lemon or lime juice, soda water, and sugar.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- telsons
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Sollars
-
noun,
solar2 .
- Ercilla
-
noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- slicers
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- coesite
-
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.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- stellar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- enlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- laniary
-
noun,
a laniary tooth; a canine of daggerlike shape.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- stollen
-
noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- lictors
-
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.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- silence
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Rosella
-
noun,
any of several large, colorful parakeets of the genus Platycercus, of Australia.
- aliases
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- ostiary
-
noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- Roselle
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, of the mallow family, grown for its thick, red calyx and bracts, used in making jellies and as a substitute for cranberries.
- atlases
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- ossicle
-
noun,
a small bone.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- astrol.
-
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- osselet
-
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.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Rossiya
-
noun,
Russian name of Russia.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Oscines
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- scenery
-
noun,
the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- ostlers
-
noun,
hostler.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Caelian
-
noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- Assyria
-
noun,
an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Capital: Nineveh.
- secerns
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- ralline
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Seconal
-
- Rollins
-
noun,
Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- rayless
-
adjective,
lacking rays or raylike parts.
- scillas
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- astylar
-
adjective,
without columns.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- scleras
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- seleno-
-
- orality
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- canella
-
noun,
the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Sellers
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- Canossa
-
noun,
a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- transl.
-
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- saintly
-
adjective,
pertaining to, like, or befitting a saint:
- senecas
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- selects
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- caesars
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- callant
-
noun,
a lad; boy.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- Alcyone
-
noun,
a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- caisson
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- calesas
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- Orestes
-
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.
- callers
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- anolyte
-
noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- alanyls
-
noun,
the acyl group of alanine.
- callose
-
noun,
callus (def 2).
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- caloyer
-
noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- scleral
-
adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- anelace
-
noun,
a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- retells
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- Arcella
-
noun,
a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- ancilla
-
noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- seances
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Reynosa
-
noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- anality
-
noun,
the condition or quality of having an anal character; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the anal stage of psychosexual development.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tollies
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- Torelli
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resects
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- resoles
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- sealery
-
noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- anticly
-
adverb,
in an antic manner.
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- analyst
-
noun,
a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
- analyse
-
verb (used with object),
analyze.
- Allison
-
noun,
Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- rissole
-
noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Allston
-
noun,
Washington, 1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.
- sclero-
-
- rascals
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- allness
-
noun,
the quality or state of universality or totality.
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- reality
-
noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- re-ally
-
verb (used with or without object),
to ally again or anew.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- tollers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- scrolls
-
noun,
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it:
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- arylate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce one or more aryl groups into (a compound).
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- aristo-
-
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- arseno-
-
- Screens
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- recalls
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- resiles
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carolyn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Saroyan
-
noun,
William, 1908–81, U.S. dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Cassino
-
noun,
casino (def 3).
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Acrilan
-
- Nicolle
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, French physician: Nobel prize 1928.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- cassina
-
noun,
dahoon.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- carneys
-
noun,
carny.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- Nicolay
-
noun,
John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- Aeolian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- trolley
-
noun,
trolley car.
- casinos
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- ocellar
-
adjective,
pertaining to an ocellus.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- acyloin
-
noun,
a hydroxy ketone of the general formula RCOCHOHR, where R is an element or group.
- scalare
-
noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- caseins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Actaeon
-
noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- acetals
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- casitas
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- caserns
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- actino-
-
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- acylate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce the acyl group into (a compound).
- caseate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo caseation.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- tylosis
-
noun,
a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- cassena
-
noun,
dahoon.
- acerola
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- acerate
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- scalers
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- sallies
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- acolyte
-
noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- sallets
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- censers
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- syenite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- censors
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- silanes
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- castors
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- castles
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- cellist
-
noun,
a person who plays the cello.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carlyle
-
noun,
Thomas, 1795–1881, Scottish essayist and historian.
- cassone
-
noun,
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- sensory
-
adjective,
of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- syconia
-
noun,
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- trysail
-
noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Catalin
-
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- riyals
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- salary
-
noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- lacto-
-
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- satiny
-
adjective,
satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- 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 .
- 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.
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- satyrs
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- scroll
-
noun,
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it:
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- sarco-
-
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- strays
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Laclos
-
noun,
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de [pyer ahn-brwaz frahn-swa shaw der-loh duh] /pyɛr ɑ̃ˈbrwaz frɑ̃ˈswa ʃɔ dɛrˈloʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1741–1803, French general and writer.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- 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.
- Yentai
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- sacro-
-
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- inlays
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- steely
-
adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- scato-
-
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- Sayers
-
noun,
Dorothy L(eigh) 1893–1957, English novelist, essayist, and dramatist.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- steres
-
- salals
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- scalls
-
noun,
dandruff.
- say-so
-
noun,
one's personal statement or assertion.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- sayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular of say1 .
- salols
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- stalls
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- Royall
-
noun,
Anne Newport, 1769–1854, U.S. writer, newspaper publisher, and reformer.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- ically
-
- rosily
-
adverb,
with a rosy color.
- Scilla
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Styles
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- stilly
-
adverb,
quietly; silently.
- stills
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Scylla
-
noun,
Modern name Scilla. a rock in the Strait of Messina off the S coast of Italy.
- stylo-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- iatro-
-
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- sanity
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- scler-
-
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Layton
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- llanos
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
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.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- oyelet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- litany
-
noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- 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.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- lysins
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- locals
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- locale
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- lisles
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- 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.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- seller
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- linsey
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- selen-
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- lysine
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Lysias
-
noun,
c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- lyrist
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lyrics
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- sleety
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- nycti-
-
- nycto-
-
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- sycees
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- necro-
-
- nyalas
-
noun,
an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, of southeastern Africa, the male of which has a grayish body marked with white stripes.
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Sisley
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- losels
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lonely
-
adjective,
affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- 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.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nytril
-
noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- nitro-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nocti-
-
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- Syrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- lately
-
adverb,
of late; recently; not long since:
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- really
-
adverb,
in reality; actually:
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- lastly
-
adverb,
in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- sollar
-
noun,
solar2 .
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- solely
-
adverb,
as the only one or ones:
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- lycees
-
noun,
a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- lyases
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snells
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Lilyan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- snarly
-
adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- 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.
- lycine
-
noun,
betaine.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Lycian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lycia.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Leyton
-
noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- socles
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- lenity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Sicyon
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- collyr
-
- Collie
-
noun,
one of a breed of dogs having a usually long, black, tan, and white or sable and white coat, raised originally in Scotland for herding sheep.
- arsen-
-
- collet
-
noun,
a collar or enclosing band.
- Collar
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- tolyls
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- aryans
-
noun,
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- contr.
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- colent
-
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- 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.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cryst.
-
- aniso-
-
- cross-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Cressy
-
noun,
Crécy (def 1).
- 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.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- 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.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- analyt
-
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- cteno-
-
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- 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.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- cresyl
-
adjective,
tolyl.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- 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.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- costly
-
adjective,
costing much; expensive; high in price:
- teleo-
-
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caryo-
-
- celto-
-
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- cellos
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Casals
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- celery
-
noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- Celaya
-
noun,
a city in Guanajuato state, central Mexico.
- Ceylon
-
noun,
former name of Sri Lanka.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- astron
-
- cleans
-
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- clasts
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- classy
-
adjective,
of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- class.
-
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- astro-
-
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clysis
-
noun,
the administration of an enema.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Assyr.
-
- clino-
-
- assoc.
-
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- astray
-
adverb, adjective,
out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route:
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Canary
-
noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- cyesis
-
noun,
pregnancy.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cyano-
-
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Callot
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- cysto-
-
- cysti-
-
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Cyrene
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.
- Callao
-
noun,
a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.
- Callas
-
noun,
Maria Meneghini [men-i-gee-nee] /ˌmɛn ɪˈgi ni/ (Show IPA), 1923–77, U.S. soprano.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- calli-
-
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- actin-
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- alanyl
-
noun,
the acyl group of alanine.
- elect.
-
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aceto-
-
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- eyalet
-
noun,
vilayet.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- tressy
-
adjective,
resembling or having tresses.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- aeron.
-
- Ellery
-
noun,
a male given name.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- trans.
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Tallys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- 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.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Alyson
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- trolly
-
noun,
trolley.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- stroys
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- esnecy
-
noun,
the right of the oldest member of a coparcenary to have first choice of share upon division of the inheritance.
- tarso-
-
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- escent
-
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easily
-
adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- Easley
-
noun,
a town in NW South Carolina.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- al-Lat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- allays
-
verb (used with object),
to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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:
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- aceae
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Seric
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- sarc-
-
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- orial
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Sally
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- aeri-
-
- ation
-
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- aero-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 30-30
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- atory
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- octa-
-
- acet-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Salol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- OIcel
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sanit
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Sans.
-
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- acity
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- actos
-
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- tonia
-
- reni-
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- allay
-
verb (used with object),
to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alley
-
noun,
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- tolly
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- areo-
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Aryan
-
noun,
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- anal.
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- alti-
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- 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.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Altay
-
noun,
Altai.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Scot.
-
- Alta.
-
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- anat.
-
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- allo-
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- alloy
-
noun,
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- 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.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- assay
-
noun,
Metallurgy. determination of the amount of metal, especially gold or silver, in an ore, alloy, etc.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- treas
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ASEAN
-
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- sect.
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asst.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- assn.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- salal
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Alas.
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Arnel
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- tolyl
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- scat-
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Recit
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Alcor
-
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- asco-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Sayao
-
noun,
Bidú [bee-doo;; Portuguese bih-doo] /ˈbi du;; Portuguese bɪˈdu/ (Show IPA), (Balduina de Oliveira Sayão) 1902–1999, Brazilian soprano.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- alary
-
adjective,
of or relating to wings.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tears
-
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cryo-
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- crit.
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- 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.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ecol.
-
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- econ.
-
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- Ital.
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lalia
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonsy
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; robust.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- lact-
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- telo-
-
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- snyes
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sero-
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tele-
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- latry
-
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- 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.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- lect.
-
- Srta.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Colly
-
noun,
grime; soot.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- 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.
- yells
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- ento-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- icons
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- styl-
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- ster.
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- yills
-
noun,
ale.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- tayra
-
noun,
a small animal, Eira barbara, of the weasel family, ranging from Mexico to tropical South America.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Icel.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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 .
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- IATSE
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- iatry
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Yasna
-
noun,
a part of the Avesta including the Gathas and other liturgical texts.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Yalta
-
noun,
a seaport in the Crimea, S Ukraine, on the Black Sea: site of wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin February 4–12, 1945.
- 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).
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Tanya
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- stays
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- encl.
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- incl.
-
- ency.
-
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- intr.
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- 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.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- inst.
-
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- insol
-
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- lycee
-
noun,
a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- licet
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- syncs
-
noun,
synchronization:
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sino-
-
- cine-
-
- lt-yr
-
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- cyan-
-
- 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.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- naso-
-
- cyto-
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- cysts
-
noun,
Pathology. a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
- cytol
-
- syst.
-
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Cissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cyst-
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- loyal
-
adjective,
faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 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.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- syces
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- nitr-
-
- Nyasa
-
noun,
former name of Malawi (def 2).
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- Tilly
-
noun,
Count Johan Tserclaes von [yoh-hahn tser-klahs fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn tsɛrˈklɑs fən/ (Show IPA), 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- cata-
-
- noct-
-
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- Cello
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- cero-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- nears
-
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- cert.
-
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- silly
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- nyala
-
noun,
an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, of southeastern Africa, the male of which has a grayish body marked with white stripes.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- cent.
-
- Nelly
-
noun,
inferior or cheap wine.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- slays
-
noun,
sley.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cloys
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Lyles
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Lysol
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- lyso-
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- coel-
-
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- teno-
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lysis
-
noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- tera-
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- clase
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- coll.
-
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- sito-
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- colat
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- coele
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SLIC
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sec.
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- str.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tron
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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).
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- ten.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- 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).
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- syll
-
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tRNA
-
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- 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.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- tion
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- scr.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Soni
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- soln
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- syn-
-
- Sol.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- secy
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- ter.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- tri-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Ste.
-
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- scil
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- sci.
-
- Syr.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tel-
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sra.
-
- 1080
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lea.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- cyl.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ISSN
-
- cir.
-
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- 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.
- cene
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- itol
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Can.
-
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- atic
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ator
-
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- lyte
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- 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:
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lys-
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- ates
-
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Lory
-
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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Cal.
-
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- lin.
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- IAEA
-
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cres
-
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- crat
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eco-
-
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- ect-
-
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Ens.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ELLE
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- iana
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Ill.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- yrs.
-
- cit.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cyte
-
- Ire.
-
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- clar
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- ile-
-
- Yana
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
- Con.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- IATA
-
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Cor.
-
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ASSR
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- EEOC
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Aire
-
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aet.
-
- Alis
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Ont.
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- all-
-
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- 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:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- acea
-
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ACLS
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- AAEE
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- RONA
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- SASE
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- 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.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- 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.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- RNAS
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Alco
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIRA
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- NYSE
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOAA
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- NACA
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- art.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- nos-
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- ant.
-
- ole-
-
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- ANSI
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- alt.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- NTIA
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- OEEC
-
- ancy
-
- Anas
-
- not-
-
- ano-
-
- ance
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Oct.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Tro
-
- ANC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- TCS
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- eo-
-
- ATC
-
- ase
-
- CEO
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Aar
-
- acy
-
- ECA
-
- ast
-
- ac-
-
- ASN
-
- ec-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TLC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- EEC
-
- 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.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- TCA
-
- tr.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- cte
-
- AAE
-
- tra
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AIA
-
- ATA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- al.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ASI
-
- at.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- CIA
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIC
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- CAA
-
- CAI
-
- ays
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- cle
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- CLR
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CEA
-
- CTA
-
- ca.
-
- TIA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- CIE
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CRS
-
- CYO
-
- ACS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AEA
-
- ALC
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ARS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ASR
-
- IOT
-
- EEO
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- 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).
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NYA
-
- NIA
-
- NES
-
- NOC
-
- Syl
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- 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).
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- OTC
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- oic
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ll.
-
- SLE
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- SLR
-
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LOC
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- SLA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- LTA
-
- NAA
-
- NYC
-
- NCO
-
- ltr
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LTL
-
- LST
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LSS
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- 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.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- LON
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SCS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- Rs.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sc.
-
- SAR
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- RSA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- OIr
-
- ons
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ory
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ose
-
- ONI
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- OSS
-
- REA
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ot-
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- OTA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Yeo
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- YCL
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- STL
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- IAS
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ier
-
- STI
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- in.
-
- ior
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ILS
-
- yer
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- io-
-
- ics
-
- Ir.
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- EOE
-
- TAL
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ETS
-
- ese
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ety
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ery
-
- 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.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- TSS
-
- ITA
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SSC
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SSR
-
- ITC
-
- Lt.
-
- LCL
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ite
-
- Sr.
-
- ity
-
- La.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SST
-
- Isl
-
- LCT
-
- IRC
-
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- IRL
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- St.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Sta
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SN
-
- SL
-
- AO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- LC
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ly
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- EI
-
- RO
-
- SA
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TC
-
- ln
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ey
-
- CE
-
- ry
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- S.
-
- yr
-
- L.
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- 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.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- ty
-
- ol
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- le
-
- NI
-
- yl
-
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NL
-
- NY
-
- NC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- LR
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TL
-
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Y.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ic
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- YT
-
- TN
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
-
- RN
-