Anagrams of externalism
Word externalism has
1507 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of externalism.
- streamline
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noun,
a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- externals
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noun,
the outside; outer surface; exterior.
- melanites
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- intersex
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noun,
an individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both male and female.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- mineral.
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- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- relaxins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone produced by the corpus luteum during pregnancy that causes the pelvic ligaments and cervix to relax during pregnancy and delivery.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- talesmen
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- tramline
-
noun,
a streetcar system.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- external
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noun,
the outside; outer surface; exterior.
- extremal
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adjective,
of or relating to an extremum or the calculation of extrema:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Milanese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- melanite
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- examines
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verb (used with object),
to inspect or scrutinize carefully:
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- steelman
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noun,
a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- matrixes
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- Melanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- marlins
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Marlene
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noun,
a female given name.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- extrema
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noun,
Mathematics. plural of extremum.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Marxist
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noun,
an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- remixes
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noun,
a remixed recording.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- stamin-
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- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- externs
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noun,
a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- examine
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verb (used with object),
to inspect or scrutinize carefully:
- relaxin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone produced by the corpus luteum during pregnancy that causes the pelvic ligaments and cervix to relax during pregnancy and delivery.
- examens
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noun,
an examination, as of conscience.
- 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.
- sextern
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noun,
six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- sextile
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noun,
Astronomy. a sextile position or aspect.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- alexins
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noun,
complement (def 10).
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- taxemes
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noun,
a feature of the arrangement of elements in a construction, as selection, order, phonetic modification, or modulation.
- sextain
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noun,
a stanza of six lines.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Ximenes
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noun,
Jiménez de Cisneros.
- 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.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- transl.
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- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- 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.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- sixteen
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus six.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- latexes
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noun,
a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- meletin
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noun,
quercetin.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- taximen
-
noun,
a taxi driver.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- exerts
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verb (used with object),
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action:
- Merlin
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Meliae
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plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Melena
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noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- exalts
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verb (used with object),
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- examen
-
noun,
an examination, as of conscience.
- extras
-
noun,
something extra or additional:
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- merles
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noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- 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.
- exsert
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adjective,
thrust out; exserted.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- exines
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noun,
the outer coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- extern
-
noun,
a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- exiles
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- extine
-
noun,
exine.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- melan-
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- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- 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.
- extra-
-
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- selen-
-
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Lastex
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- 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.
- sextan
-
noun,
a sextan fever.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- 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.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- matrix
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- intra-
-
- matins
-
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.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- matri-
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- inseam
-
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.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Maxine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- ilexes
-
noun,
holm oak.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- 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.
- Smilax
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Smilax, of the lily family, growing in tropical and temperate zones, consisting mostly of vines having woody stems.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- 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.
- ixtles
-
noun,
istle.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- arsen-
-
- 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.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- mixers
-
noun,
a person or thing that mixes.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ALEXIS
-
noun,
a male or female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper.”.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- xenias
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- x-line
-
noun,
mean line.
- alexin
-
noun,
complement (def 10).
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- nemat-
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- 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.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- 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.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- metal.
-
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- 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.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- taxeme
-
noun,
a feature of the arrangement of elements in a construction, as selection, order, phonetic modification, or modulation.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- 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.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- minxes
-
noun,
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- 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.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- 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.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- nitr-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- semi-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- metr-
-
- nixes
-
noun,
nothing.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- male-
-
- 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.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- MSEnt
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- mast-
-
- reni-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- remix
-
noun,
a remixed recording.
- sanit
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- 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.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- mixer
-
noun,
a person or thing that mixes.
- maxis
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mixes
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- rexes
-
noun,
king.
- matr-
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remex
-
noun,
one of the flight feathers of the wing.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- nears
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Melia
-
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- 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.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- relax
-
verb (used with object),
to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax:
- natl.
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- 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.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- 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.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Xtian
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tele-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- elem.
-
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- TELEX
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- axels
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- term.
-
- axile
-
adjective,
in or of an axis.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- axils
-
noun,
the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- axmen
-
noun,
a person who wields an ax.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- 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.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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 .
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- taxis
-
noun,
arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- taxes
-
noun,
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- exalt
-
verb (used with object),
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- treas
-
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- 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.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 30-30
-
- Xeres
-
noun,
former name of Jerez.
- Xenia
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Arnel
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- 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.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Texas
-
noun,
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- exeat
-
noun,
permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Silex
-
noun,
flint; silica.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- 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.
- 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.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Iran.
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- 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.
- Lexis
-
noun,
the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- ixtle
-
noun,
istle.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Ital.
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- exert
-
verb (used with object),
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action:
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- intr.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- 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.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- IATSE
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- 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.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sixte
-
noun,
the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- exits
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- exist
-
verb (used without object),
to have actual being; be:
- exine
-
noun,
the outer coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Exile
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- latex
-
noun,
a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- sexi-
-
- inst.
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- seti-
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rel.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tri-
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- trix
-
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Xian
-
noun,
hsien.
- Xmas
-
- sex-
-
- sext
-
noun,
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- taxi
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tax-
-
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ste.
-
- Saml
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Tasm
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- str.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sat.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- 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.
- Tex.
-
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sax.
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- elix
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- MAXI
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- Marx
-
noun,
Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- axil
-
noun,
the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- Axel
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- max.
-
- 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.
- Axis
-
noun,
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- 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.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- axle
-
noun,
Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
- mal-
-
- MALS
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Manx
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the inhabitants of the Isle of Man.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- lex.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ile-
-
- ext.
-
- exr.
-
- 1080
-
- exit
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- exes
-
noun,
the letter X, x.
- exam
-
noun,
an examination, as in school.
- ilex
-
noun,
holm oak.
- Ire.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- exa-
-
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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).
- Ens.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leix
-
noun,
Laoighis.
- EMet
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lani
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- enl.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mRNA
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- MSIE
-
- men-
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- MSEE
-
- AMLS
-
- MSAE
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- alt.
-
- amt.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- MNAS
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- AIME
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ARIS
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- NEXT
-
Idioms,
get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alex
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Alis
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- NIRA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mixt
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- ASTM
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- atm.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- 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.
- mes-
-
- 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.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ment
-
- min.
-
- 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).
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Arm.
-
- mis-
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- aet.
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- NTIA
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- MINX
-
noun,
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- aer-
-
- ese
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TAL
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ETR
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ETS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- xat
-
noun,
a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples.
- ESA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TSE
-
- 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.
- ERT
-
- Xt.
-
- ESR
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Xn.
-
- Am.
-
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TSI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ar.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ae.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ex.
-
- ESL
-
- 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.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ase
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ARS
-
- ASI
-
- EIS
-
- TIA
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- STL
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ax.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eir
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- AME
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- ALM
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- 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.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- tra
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- 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.
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- STM
-
- SLA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ml.
-
- MIE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- MIT
-
- mix
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- MLA
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- mlx
-
- 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.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MRE
-
- Ia.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- IAS
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- 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.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MEX
-
- RNA
-
- SAE
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- mi.
-
- MRA
-
- MRI
-
- 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.
- NSA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nix
-
noun,
nothing.
- REA
-
- rax
-
verb (used with object),
to elongate; stretch.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MTS
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NIA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
-
- 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:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ist
-
- Sr.
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- MSL
-
- ISR
-
- SMA
-
- SLR
-
- SLE
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LAX
-
adjective,
not strict or severe; careless or negligent:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ial
-
- STI
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- Sta
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SAR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- LSI
-
- LMT
-
- Me.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LIM
-
- 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.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- LTA
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- Les
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- ltr
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- NM
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- M.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- xi
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- t.
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- TX
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Xe
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- ee
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- RI
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- EI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AI
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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.
- RN
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- XL
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- A.
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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.
- i.
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- xr
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- NL
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- SA
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- lx
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- SN
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- le
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- MN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TL
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- TM
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- L2
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- L1
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- LM
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
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- MX
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- ln
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- LR
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RX
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- S.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SL
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- SM
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- TN
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