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Word free-floating has
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- regelation
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noun,
a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
- afterlife
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noun,
Also called future life. life after death.
- reflation
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noun,
restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- interleaf
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noun,
an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
- angle-off
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noun,
the angle formed by the line of flight of an aerial target and the line of sight on a gun of an attacking aircraft.
- filagree
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noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
filigree.
- tear-off
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adjective,
designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line:
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- florigen
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noun,
a hypothetical plant hormone produced in the leaves and transported to the apex to initiate flowering.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- figeater
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noun,
green June beetle.
- graffito
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noun,
Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- afferent
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noun,
a nerve carrying a message toward the central nervous system.
- argento-
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- foregift
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noun,
an advance payment or premium paid by a tenant on taking or renewing a lease.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- fig-leaf
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noun,
the leaf of a fig tree.
- Algerine
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noun,
Algerian.
- far-gone
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adjective,
remote.
- flatiron
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- regional
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- elongate
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adjective,
extended; lengthened.
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- frontage
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noun,
the front of a building or lot.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- geraniol
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- floating
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noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- gelation
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noun,
solidification by cold; freezing.
- integral
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noun,
an integral whole.
- trigonal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- legation
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noun,
a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- fleeting
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adjective,
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory:
- Trilafon
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- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- offering
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noun,
something offered in worship or devotion, as to a deity; an oblation or sacrifice.
- Ortegal
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noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- rigolet
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noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- fifteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus five.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- engraft
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verb (used with object),
Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Gentile
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noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- finagle
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verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- 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.
- enolate
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noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- antero-
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- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genito-
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- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- genital
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- Langreo
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noun,
a city in N Spain.
- general
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noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- ringlet
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noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- Griffon
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noun,
a vulture of the genus Gyps, especially G. fulvus, of southern Europe.
- elegant
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adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- Erigone
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noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- erelong
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adverb,
before long; soon.
- 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.
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- tearing
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- entero-
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- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- enlarge
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verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- offline
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adverb,
in or to a more private place:
- Eleanor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- atingle
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adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- fertile
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adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- giraffe
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noun,
a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.
- fenagle
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verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- felting
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noun,
felted material, either woven or felt fabric.
- ingraft
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verb (used with object),
engraft.
- feeling
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noun,
the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- Grafton
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noun,
Sue, born 1940, U.S. detective novelist.
- fatling
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noun,
a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- 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.
- egalite
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noun,
equality.
- tangelo
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noun,
a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- Goneril
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- flaring
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noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- antilog
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noun,
antilogarithm.
- geneal.
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- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- foliage
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noun,
the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- galerie
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noun,
gallery (def 8).
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- lentigo
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noun,
a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- foreign
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adjective,
of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native:
- foreleg
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noun,
one of the front legs of a quadruped, an insect, etc.
- trefoil
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- Lofting
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noun,
Hugh, 1886–1947, U.S. author of books for children, born in England.
- forfeit
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noun,
a fine; penalty.
- 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.
- affront
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noun,
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult:
- fragile
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adjective,
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail:
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- aerogel
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noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- lineage
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- frenate
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adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- frontal
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- tringle
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noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- frigate
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noun,
a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- reflate
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- legator
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- flotage
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noun,
an act of floating.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- floater
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- gelatin
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- 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.
- flinger
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noun,
a person or thing that flings.
- rafting
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noun,
the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- gaffle
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verb (used with object),
to take hold of; seize.
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- tariff
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noun,
an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.
- regift
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noun,
an unwanted gift that is given away.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- forget
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Idioms,
forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
- forint
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noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- tangle
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noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- faerie
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noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- Fafnir
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noun,
a dragon, a son of Hreidmar and the brother of Otter and Regin: he killed Hreidmar for the cursed treasure of Andvari and was killed in turn by Sigurd at the instigation of Regin.
- gaiter
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- oleate
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- forgat
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verb,
a simple past tense of forget.
- goiter
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- olefin
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- regent
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noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- regale
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noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- relief
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- reflag
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verb (used with object),
to register (a foreign ship) so that it flies the flag of the registering nation and thereby comes under the latter's protection.
- raffle
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noun,
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- fringe
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noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- enter-
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- reflet
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noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- flange
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noun,
a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- gratin
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noun,
au gratin.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- gelati
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noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- gaffer
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noun,
the chief electrician on a motion-picture or television production.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- reagin
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- TEFLON
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adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- grano-
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- flagon
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noun,
a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
- genit.
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- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- ergate
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noun,
a worker ant.
- grani-
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- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- falter
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- goatee
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noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- goffer
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noun,
an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- filter
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noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- finale
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- flori-
-
- foliar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- ligno-
-
- fetial
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adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- folate
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noun,
folic acid.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Galion
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noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- ferine
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adjective,
feral1 .
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- gerent
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noun,
a ruler or manager.
- galiot
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noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Riffle
-
noun,
a rapid, as in a stream.
- filate
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adjective,
threadlike.
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- Galton
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noun,
Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- raffee
-
noun,
a triangular sail set in the manner of a square sail above the uppermost yard of a topsail schooner.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Garnet
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- regnal
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adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- Fangio
-
noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- farfel
-
noun,
a solid foodstuff broken into small pieces:
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- 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.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- forage
-
noun,
food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- finger
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Florin
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- inter.
-
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- 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.
- inorg.
-
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- intra-
-
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- longi-
-
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- tiglon
-
noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- agron.
-
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- intro.
-
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- angio-
-
- Anglo-
-
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- toffee
-
noun,
taffy.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- offing
-
noun,
the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- latigo
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- infra-
-
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- griffe
-
noun,
the offspring of a black and a mulatto.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- affine
-
noun,
a person related to one by marriage.
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- teleo-
-
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- aeron.
-
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- nitro-
-
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- effort
-
noun,
exertion of physical or mental power:
- teleg.
-
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- iatro-
-
- Eiffel
-
noun,
Alexandre Gustave [a-lek-sahn-druh gys-tav] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1832–1923, French civil engineer and pioneer aerodynamic researcher.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- reffo
-
noun,
an immigrant, especially one who has been in Australia only a short time.
- lign-
-
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- 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.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- ganef
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ling.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- 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.
- gaffe
-
noun,
a social blunder; faux pas.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Ital.
-
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- ileo-
-
- nitr-
-
- gofer
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- olig-
-
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- offer
-
noun,
an act or instance of offering:
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- grief
-
noun,
keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- Griff
-
noun,
griffin2 .
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grift
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- offal
-
noun,
the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings; carrion.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- Grofe
-
noun,
Ferde [fur-dee] /ˈfɜr di/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofé) 1892–1972, U.S. composer.
- graft
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- geol.
-
- natl.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Genl.
-
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- lang.
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Iran.
-
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Oreg.
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- orial
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- intr.
-
- orig.
-
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Effie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tera-
-
- ation
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Arnel
-
- TOEFL
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergo-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- engr.
-
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- tele-
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- teno-
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- refl.
-
- telo-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- 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.
- areo-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- agro-
-
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Afro-
-
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- 30-30
-
- tonia
-
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- anti-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ante-
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Angl.
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angi-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- algo-
-
- 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.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Regt.
-
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- fling
-
noun,
an act of flinging.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- fore-
-
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- forge
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- flong
-
noun,
the material of which a stereotype mold is made.
- flor.
-
- feti-
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feign
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Frege
-
noun,
(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob [gawt-lohp] /ˈgɔt loʊp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, German mathematician and logician.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- fort.
-
- fagot
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Freon
-
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- relig
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Fargo
-
noun,
William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- reni-
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- 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.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tri-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- ref.
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tRNA
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tron
-
- Reg.
-
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- rel.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- log-
-
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- 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.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- NTIA
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- RONA
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ter.
-
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- off.
-
- 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.
- ole-
-
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teff
-
noun,
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Ont.
-
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Offa
-
noun,
died 796, king of Mercia 757–96.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Inf.
-
- NIRA
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- RIFF
-
noun,
a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- toff
-
noun,
a stylishly dressed, fashionable person, especially one who is or wants to be considered a member of the upper class.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Raff
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- TIFF
-
noun,
a slight or petty quarrel.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Orff
-
noun,
Carl, 1895–1982, German composer, conductor, and music educator.
- org.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- tion
-
- rit.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- neo-
-
- not-
-
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- lin.
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- Fri.
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frt.
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fol.
-
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Fin.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Fla.
-
- flag
-
noun,
a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- flog
-
verb (used with object),
to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- FLRA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- gaff
-
noun,
an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- golf
-
noun,
a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- Gal.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- filt
-
- fig.
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- alt.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- 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.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EFTA
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- afft
-
- AFGE
-
- afr-
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Alg.
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agr.
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- FIFO
-
noun,
first-in, first-out.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- FERA
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- 1080
-
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fief
-
noun,
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- Fife
-
noun,
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- 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).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Eng.
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- gon-
-
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- leg.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- infl
-
- 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.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inae
-
- lea.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Lat.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ile-
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ign.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- Lani
-
- intl
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- itol
-
- 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.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- gro.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- 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.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- RTF
-
- ROI
-
- rte
-
- EOE
-
- rt.
-
- OIt
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- LON
-
- eir
-
- en-
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- ltr
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EOF
-
- ene
-
- LTA
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LaF
-
- La.
-
- TAL
-
- Lt.
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- fo.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ETR
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- ETO
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- 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.
- ERT
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- FAO
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- OIr
-
- 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.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- tr.
-
- Agt
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- tra
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lg.
-
- 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.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ANF
-
- ae.
-
- Af.
-
- ag-
-
- Tro
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- AEF
-
- trf
-
- Lif
-
- aff
-
preposition, adverb,
off.
- AFL
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- TIA
-
- 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.
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ROG
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEG
-
- TGN
-
- eo-
-
- tfr
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- ef-
-
- eff
-
noun,
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
- efl
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eg.
-
- ANG
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- LNG
-
- aor
-
- 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.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- at.
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- ONI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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.
- IFF
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- ier
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ial
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- NRA
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- FRG
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- in.
-
- ILO
-
- Frl
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- ft.
-
- il-
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- gi.
-
- NLF
-
- REA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- RAF
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- gre
-
- ONF
-
- OFr
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- gl.
-
- OLG
-
- Gr.
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Ola
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- grf
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- Re.
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- GTO
-
- gt.
-
- of-
-
- ine
-
- Ga.
-
- ing
-
- RFA
-
- Fl.
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- 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.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- FFA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIO
-
- IRL
-
- NEA
-
- FFI
-
- RFE
-
- Ir.
-
- RFI
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- fgn
-
- Fia
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ite
-
- ne-
-
- IRO
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- ITA
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FET
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- FOT
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- NFL
-
- 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:
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- IOF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- LF
-
- OA
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L.
-
- N.
-
- NI
-
- AO
-
- LR
-
- FE
-
- NF
-
- fg
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ol
-
- RO
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- T1
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- t.
-
- GN
-
- TG
-
- rg
-
- OG
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TL
-
- IG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TN
-
- fn
-
- G.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ln
-
- O.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- i.
-
- L1
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- RF
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- NG
-