Anagrams of glomerulitis
Word glomerulitis has
1148 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of glomerulitis.
- religious
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noun,
a member of a religious order, congregation, etc.; a monk, friar, or nun.
- rostellum
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noun,
Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- trilliums
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
- trilogies
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noun,
a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.
- gristmill
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noun,
a mill for grinding grain, especially the customer's own grain.
- liturgies
-
noun,
a form of public worship; ritual.
- gourmets
-
noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- Moultrie
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noun,
William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- milliers
-
noun,
1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
- mullites
-
noun,
a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 13 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
- Trillium
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
- eulogist
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noun,
a person who eulogizes.
- melilots
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noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- ergotism
-
noun,
a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
- outliers
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- limiters
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- iris-out
-
noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- moisture
-
noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- Millers
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- grilles
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noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- mullite
-
noun,
a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 13 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
- 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.
- milreis
-
noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- gristle
-
noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- glister
-
noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- mullets
-
noun,
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
- Murillo
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noun,
Bartolomé Esteban [bahr-taw-law-me es-te-vahn] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ɛsˈtɛ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1617–82, Spanish painter.
- glories
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noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- strigil
-
noun,
an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- Grotius
-
noun,
Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- melilot
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noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- Torelli
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- mullers
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noun,
an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- gimlets
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noun,
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- illumes
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate.
- girl-os
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- ill-use
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noun,
Also, ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
- illust.
-
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- millets
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- rigolet
-
noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- sellout
-
noun,
an act or instance of selling out.
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- tourism
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- millier
-
noun,
1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- mouille
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adjective,
palatal or palatalized, especially referring to sounds spelled ll and ñ in Spanish, gl and gn in Italian, etc.
- Utrillo
-
noun,
Maurice [maw-rees;; French maw-rees] /mɔˈris;; French mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, French painter (son of Suzanne Valadon).
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- gomutis
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noun,
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- ligules
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noun,
a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- egotism
-
noun,
excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness.
- outsell
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verb (used with object),
to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than:
- turmoil
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noun,
a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet:
- illites
-
noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- tuilles
-
noun,
a tasset.
- misrule
-
noun,
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
- goiters
-
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.
- limiter
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- gullets
-
noun,
the esophagus.
- tollers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- stimuli
-
noun,
something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:
- gullies
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noun,
a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains.
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- legitim
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noun,
the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.
- glutose
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noun,
an ingredient of a syrupy mixture obtained by the action of alkali on levulose or found in the unfermentable reducing portion of cane molasses.
- gourmet
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noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- Limoges
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute Vienne, in S central France.
- ligures
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- tollies
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noun,
candle (def 1).
- morgues
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noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- milli-
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- grumes
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noun,
blood when viscous.
- Milles
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noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- illite
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Timour
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noun,
Tamerlane.
- grouts
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noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- Millet
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- Tigris
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noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- Millie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Millicent or Mildred.
- gutser
-
noun,
a person who eats too much and greedily.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Gursel
-
noun,
Cemal [je-mahl] /dʒɛˈmɑl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Turkish army officer and statesman: president 1961–66.
- gruels
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noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- Tiller
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- rugose
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adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- guiles
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noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- gullet
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noun,
the esophagus.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- guilts
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- togues
-
noun,
lake trout.
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- illume
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stego-
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- Lieut.
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- ligers
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noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Ligeti
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noun,
György Sándor [jawr-jee shahn-dawr,, dyawr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi ˈʃɑn dɔr,, ˈdyɔr-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.
- ligule
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noun,
a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- lemurs
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noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litmus
-
noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- solgel
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adjective,
pertaining to alternation between the sol and gel states, as in the pseudopodia of amebas.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- luteo-
-
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Miller
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- milit.
-
- tergum
-
noun,
the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
- milieu
-
noun,
surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature:
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- Tellus
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of the earth, marriage, and fertility, identified with the Greek goddess Gaea.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- merous
-
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- itious
-
- Mergui
-
noun,
a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- griots
-
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.
- moguls
-
noun,
a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Gillie
-
noun,
Scot.
a hunting or fishing guide.
a male attendant or personal servant to a Highland chieftain.
- tuille
-
noun,
a tasset.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- gimels
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- gimlet
-
noun,
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- girlie
-
noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- moults
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tulles
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- glomus
-
noun,
a small globular body.
- glouts
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- ugsome
-
adjective,
horrid; loathsome.
- Gilels
-
noun,
Emil (Grigoryevich) [ee-mil gri-gawr-yuh-vich,, ey-mil;; Russian e-myeel gryi-gaw-ryi-vyich] /ˈi mɪl grɪˈgɔr yə vɪtʃ,, ˈeɪ mɪl;; Russian ɛˈmyil gryɪˈgɔ ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1916–85, Russian pianist.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- trulls
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Muriel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trullo
-
noun,
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- multi-
-
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- ergots
-
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.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- gemots
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- mullet
-
noun,
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Muller
-
noun,
an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
- gerous
-
- mulier
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- oleums
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- morgue
-
noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- utero-
-
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- gomuti
-
noun,
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- golems
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- glumes
-
noun,
one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
- goiter
-
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.
- Mollet
-
noun,
Guy [gahy;; French gee] /gaɪ;; French gi/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, French political leader.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- ultimo
-
adverb,
in or of the month preceding the current one:
Abbreviation: ult., ulto.
Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- Mollie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary or Milicent.
- grills
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- sito-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- orig.
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Regt.
-
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- relig
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- oste-
-
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- olig-
-
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Oreg.
-
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Luger
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- sigil
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- miso-
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Mogul
-
noun,
a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Mlles
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- molls
-
noun,
gun moll.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- meso-
-
- sero-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mero-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- metr-
-
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- seti-
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Metol
-
- mulls
-
noun,
a soft, thin muslin.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- semi-
-
- Msgr.
-
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- logue
-
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- geol.
-
- geom.
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- gulls
-
noun,
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- trig.
-
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Guest
-
noun,
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
- tious
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- grume
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- gusto
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Ilium
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- term.
-
- illus
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- ilio-
-
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ileo-
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- glout
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- gluts
-
noun,
a full supply.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- glume
-
noun,
one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- gloms
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- glims
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- gitim
-
noun,
a plural of get.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- girts
-
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.
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- geums
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- togue
-
noun,
lake trout.
- 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.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- gouts
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Euro-
-
- imit.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- uglis
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- ster.
-
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- stge.
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- emuls
-
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- surg.
-
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- stull
-
noun,
a timber prop.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ergo-
-
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- stome
-
- Legis
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- uro-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- 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.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Reg.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tri-
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Tues
-
- ugli
-
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- out-
-
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- ulto
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- uret
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- rit.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- stlg
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sig.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- SGML
-
- str.
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- stg.
-
- Ste.
-
- sur-
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- smug
-
adjective,
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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:
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rom.
-
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Rus.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Sem.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- tel-
-
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- ter.
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- 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.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- 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.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- glum
-
adjective,
sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- gres
-
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mes-
-
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- geo-
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Ger.
-
- 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.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Geum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- met.
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- gull
-
noun,
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- gumi
-
noun,
a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- leg.
-
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- ile-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- itol
-
- Ill.
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- itis
-
- 1080
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ious
-
- Ire.
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- gro.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- 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-
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- grum
-
adjective,
grim; glum; surly.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- mis-
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- mult
-
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Mull
-
noun,
a soft, thin muslin.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- mus.
-
- mtge
-
- mtg.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- MSIE
-
- MSgt
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- eous
-
- mout
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- ergs
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- 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:
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- ole-
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- egos
-
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.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Moll
-
noun,
gun moll.
- mol.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mlle
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- ILO
-
- ETO
-
- IOU
-
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- uti
-
- ESU
-
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- 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.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Ir.
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- GTS
-
- Eg.
-
- ure
-
- GTO
-
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- IOT
-
- eo-
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- USM
-
- USR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETS
-
- ILS
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ETR
-
- EOM
-
- il-
-
- IGM
-
- USO
-
- ier
-
- gt.
-
- ITU
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- eu-
-
- Tro
-
- gi.
-
- io-
-
- ESL
-
- GSR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- gre
-
- Gr.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- EMT
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- GMT
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- TSE
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- TSI
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gl.
-
- tue
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Tu.
-
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ur-
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- UMT
-
- ESR
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ult
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- ERT
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- UIT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ges
-
- tr.
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ose
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- IRL
-
- MLR
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- MIT
-
- ml.
-
- MLG
-
- MLS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- RTS
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ROG
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sgt
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- mi.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- se-
-
- SRO
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Om.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Re.
-
- OIt
-
- OLG
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OEM
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MST
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSE
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MSI
-
- Mt.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- 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.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- So.
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- lg.
-
- STL
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MSL
-
- STI
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- STM
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- LIM
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lt.
-
- ll.
-
- ist
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- IUS
-
- ite
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUG
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ium
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Les
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ltr
-
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- SLE
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Me.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LTL
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- Mo.
-
- SLR
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LLM
-
- 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.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LMT
-
- R.
-
- OG
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TG
-
- 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.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
-
- ol
-
- T1
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- M.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MG
-
- EI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SU
-
- L1
-
- LM
-
- TM
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RU
-
- G.
-
- GM
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GU
-
- RO
-
- LR
-
- le
-
- L2
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- S.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- IG
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- SG
-
- U.
-
- rg
-
- SL
-
- TL
-
- UI
-
- t.
-
- UL
-
- SM
-