Anagrams of essentialism
Word essentialism has
1061 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of essentialism.
- mesnalties
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noun,
the estate of a mesne lord.
- essentials
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- eliminates
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verb (used with object),
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable:
Synonyms: do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out.
Antonyms: obtain, get, invite.
- eliminate
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verb (used with object),
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable:
Synonyms: do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out.
Antonyms: obtain, get, invite.
- alienists
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- alienisms
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noun,
alienage.
- amenities
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- stainless
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adjective,
having no stain; spotless.
- Stalinism
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noun,
the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- amnesties
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noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- melinites
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noun,
a high explosive containing picric acid.
- essential
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- melanites
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- messaline
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noun,
a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- ilmenites
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noun,
a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- silesias
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- Messines
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noun,
a village in W Belgium, near Ypres: battles 1914, 1917.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- talesmen
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- litanies
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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.
- Milanese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- tameless
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adjective,
untamed or untamable.
- easiness
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noun,
the quality or condition of being easy.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- Messiaen
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noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Messenia
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noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- enmities
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noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- sestinas
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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.
- steelman
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noun,
a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- miseases
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noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- Massenet
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noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- seamless
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adjective,
having no seams:
- melanite
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- elitisms
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- melinite
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noun,
a high explosive containing picric acid.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- salesmen
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noun,
a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- sameness
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noun,
the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
- nameless
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adjective,
having no name.
- samisens
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- saltness
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noun,
the state or quality of being salt or salty.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- timeless
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adjective,
without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- ilmenite
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noun,
a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Maltese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- teasels
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- sinless
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adjective,
free from or without sin.
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- assents
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- sesames
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noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- tansies
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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.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- enamels
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noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Nemesis
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noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- semites
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- simians
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- semaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- easiest
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- similes
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- seisins
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noun,
seizin.
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Stassen
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noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- measles
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noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.
an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola.
any of certain other eruptive diseases. Compare German measles.
- missals
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- meinies
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noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- instals
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verb (used with object),
install.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- stamin-
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- metisse
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noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- santims
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noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- lessens
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verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- sanseis
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- missile
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noun,
an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- missies
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noun,
young miss; girl.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- samlets
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noun,
a young salmon.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- misease
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noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- Siamese
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noun,
a native of Siam.
- Meissen
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noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- messans
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noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- sessile
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adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- instils
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- aimless
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adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- meletin
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noun,
quercetin.
- siestas
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Melissa
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- sestina
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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.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- insists
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- 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.
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- Siemens
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noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Melanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- latins
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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.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- leases
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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.
- leasts
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- menses
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noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insist
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- smelts
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noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- smalts
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noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- slimes
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noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- sleets
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Ismene
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noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- slates
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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.
- isseis
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noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sisals
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noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- lasses
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noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- sasins
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noun,
blackbuck.
- metal.
-
- messin
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noun,
messan.
- messes
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Mentes
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- mensas
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noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- milit.
-
- melan-
-
- salmis
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noun,
salmi.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- nemat-
-
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- missis
-
noun,
Older Use. wife:
- misses
-
noun,
a failure to hit something.
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- Melena
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noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- 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.
- Lemass
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noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- senses
-
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:
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- 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.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- seisms
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noun,
an earthquake.
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- sesame
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noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- lesses
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- selen-
-
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- masses
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noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- seises
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verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- nesses
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- 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.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- assist
-
noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- tasses
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, 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.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Assisi
-
noun,
a town in E Umbria, in central Italy: birthplace of St. Francis of Assisi.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- enamel
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- 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.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Iletin
-
- 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.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stasis
-
noun,
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- 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.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- mast-
-
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- asst.
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- imit.
-
- assn.
-
- MSEnt
-
- male-
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- anis-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Sans.
-
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- alti-
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- sanit
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miss.
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Melia
-
- ante-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- 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.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- amin-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- meta-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anim.
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- tele-
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- 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.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Ital.
-
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATSE
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- init.
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- 30-30
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- 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.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- elem.
-
- 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:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- 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.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- semi-
-
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- natl.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- seti-
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- 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.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- NTIA
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- SMSA
-
- Saml
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- SASE
-
- ten.
-
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- Sat.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tasm
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 1080
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lin.
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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 .
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- MALS
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- ASME
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Man.
-
- enl.
-
- emia
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inae
-
- Ens.
-
- isls
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ile-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- EMet
-
- Lat.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ELAS
-
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- itis
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- ISSN
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- ASTM
-
- asis
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- MSEE
-
- MSAE
-
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- MSIE
-
- AMLS
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- AIME
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neem
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- aet.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- MSTS
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- AISI
-
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MNAS
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- men-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- ANSI
-
- mes-
-
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- ant.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- ment
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- amt.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- met.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- 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.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- EMT
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AMS
-
- en-
-
- ASM
-
- ene
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ese
-
- ae.
-
- Am.
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ETS
-
- ASI
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESA
-
- al.
-
- ESL
-
- ase
-
- an.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ASN
-
- TAL
-
- EIS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ALM
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- AME
-
- EAM
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- STI
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ast
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- TIA
-
- STL
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- STM
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Lt.
-
- IAS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MIT
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MLA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- LTA
-
- il-
-
- LSS
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- ml.
-
- MLS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NSA
-
- SAE
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MNA
-
- MTS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- LMT
-
- LST
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SMS
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- SMA
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- La.
-
- ILS
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSN
-
- SSS
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SLA
-
- SLE
-
- TSS
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- NES
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- LIM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LM
-
- i.
-
- TN
-
- NM
-
- NL
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ln
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ee
-
- TM
-
- S.
-
- TL
-
- 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.
- EI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SA
-
- le
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- L.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- 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.
- MN
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SL
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- SN
-
- N.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
-
- NI
-