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Word ericeticolous has
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- isoelectric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the same electric potential.
- trioecious
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adjective,
of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
- roscoelite
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noun,
a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- circle-out
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noun,
iris-out.
- locutories
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noun,
locutorium.
- cruelties
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noun,
the state or quality of being cruel.
- reticules
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- scolecite
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noun,
a monoclinic white zeolite mineral, a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 3 O 10⋅, 3H 2 O, occurring in masses and in needle-shaped crystals.
- crocoites
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- triecious
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adjective,
trioecious.
- licorices
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
- cuticolor
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adjective,
of the color of flesh.
- sclerotic
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adjective,
Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- cutleries
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noun,
cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- electrics
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- Tuileries
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noun,
a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
- solicitor
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noun,
a person who solicits.
- electro-
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- creosote
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noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- scilicet
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adverb,
to wit; namely.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- electric
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- circlets
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noun,
a small circle.
- cicelies
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noun,
a plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, having a fragrant aroma and sometimes used as a potherb.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- clitoris
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noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- lectures
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noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- cortico-
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- cortisol
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noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- Eteoclus
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noun,
one of the Seven against Thebes.
- colorist
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noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- closeout
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noun,
a sale on all goods in liquidating a business.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- leucites
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noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- leucitic
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- licorice
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- couloirs
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- crocoite
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- eucrites
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- resolute
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adjective,
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- cuticles
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noun,
the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- reticule
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Ecclus.
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- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- coerces
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verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- leucite
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noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- coulees
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noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- couloir
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- cloture
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- recluse
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noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- leisure
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- eucrite
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- icicles
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noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- icteric
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- stereo-
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- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- Soleure
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noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- lecture
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noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- sociol.
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- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- colours
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- sirocco
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noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- clootie
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- ocelots
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- circlet
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noun,
a small circle.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- ciceros
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- creosol
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- cilices
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noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- cereous
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adjective,
waxlike.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- occults
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noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- electr-
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- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- circuit
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noun,
an act or instance of going or moving around.
- circles
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- celtuce
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noun,
a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina, having characteristics of both celery and lettuce, and eaten raw or cooked.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- cuticle
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noun,
the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- outsole
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- clerics
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- sclero-
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- teleo-
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- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Tereus
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noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- ecoles
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noun,
school1 .
- culets
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noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Eccles
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noun,
Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- elicit
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- suitor
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noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elisor
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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.
- eroto-
-
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- elect.
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- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- stucco
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noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- elutes
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verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- leuco-
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- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- oculo-
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- osteo-
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- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- oolite
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- ocelot
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- occurs
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verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- occult
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noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- luteo-
-
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- rictus
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- luetic
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adjective,
syphilitic.
- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- rescue
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noun,
the act of rescuing.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- recuse
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verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- rectos
-
- Riccio
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noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- recti-
-
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- retool
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- retuse
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adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- itious
-
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- socio-
-
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- iolite
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noun,
cordierite.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- icicle
-
noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- 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.
- Lieut.
-
- Lucite
-
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- scler-
-
- 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.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scoto-
-
- 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.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- cilice
-
noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- 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.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- circus
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- circle
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- coulee
-
noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- turco-
-
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- 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.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- colour
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- colous
-
- 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.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- clitic
-
noun,
a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- costo-
-
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- Cecile
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cruces
-
noun,
a plural of crux.
- cercus
-
noun,
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- celto-
-
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- utero-
-
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Recit
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Scot.
-
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- licet
-
- coele
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- leuc-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- tious
-
- coel-
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- 30-30
-
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Seric
-
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- rect.
-
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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.
- USECC
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sect.
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- oleo-
-
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- cero-
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- OIcel
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- ocul-
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- oste-
-
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- octo-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- 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:
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- sero-
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- 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.
- ster.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- 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 .
- 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.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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).
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- 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.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telo-
-
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- tele-
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- eccl.
-
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- ecol.
-
- ecto-
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Euro-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- lect.
-
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Icel.
-
- istic
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- cores
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- ileo-
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ilio-
-
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- seti-
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Colo.
-
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- USTC
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- 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.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- ter.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ulto
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- uret
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- USRC
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uro-
-
- 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.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tel-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Sol.
-
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- 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.
- scr.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tri-
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sec.
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- SLIC
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- scil
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sci.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ste.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- str.
-
- Tues
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 1080
-
- 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).
- Cor.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Cort
-
- 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 .
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Col.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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:
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cres
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- etc.
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- rel.
-
- ect-
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- EEOC
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ice.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eous
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- eco-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- itol
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Ire.
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ious
-
- cule
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- ile-
-
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lit.
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- out-
-
- cet-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Cels
-
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Oct.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- CCls
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OEEC
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Ceto
-
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- cir.
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cl.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- eo-
-
- ec-
-
- USO
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USR
-
- USC
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- EEC
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- Co.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- cr.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- TCS
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EIS
-
- EOE
-
- cs.
-
- eir
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ct.
-
- EEO
-
- cc.
-
- UTC
-
- tlr
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ult
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- CEO
-
- UIT
-
- UCR
-
- UCC
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CIC
-
- CIE
-
- tue
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- Tro
-
- cle
-
- tr.
-
- CLI
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CRC
-
- CCR
-
- TLC
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CCU
-
- CEC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlo
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Clo
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CSC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ics
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- 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.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- LSC
-
- LOC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- ltr
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- se-
-
- rt.
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- LCT
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- 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).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- LCI
-
- OTS
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ROI
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- 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.
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Rs.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Oc.
-
- OTC
-
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEO
-
- oic
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- OIr
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OIt
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOT
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- il-
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ICC
-
- io-
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ITU
-
- Sr.
-
- St.
-
- IOU
-
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- IOT
-
- ier
-
- ite
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SLR
-
- ist
-
- IUS
-
- ISR
-
- SLE
-
- Isl
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ise
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IRS
-
- Lt.
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RC
-
- CE
-
- RO
-
- SU
-
- R.
-
- L.
-
- t.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RI
-
- TC
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- T1
-
- LR
-
- TL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- CU
-
- RU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- O.
-
- L1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- U.
-
- UC
-
- ic
-
- UI
-
- i.
-
- UL
-
- S.
-
- ol
-
- L2
-