Anagrams of immaterialism
Word immaterialism has
959 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of immaterialism.
- materialism
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noun,
preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- militarism
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noun,
a strong military spirit or policy.
- immaterial
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adjective,
of no essential consequence; unimportant.
- militaries
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noun,
the military.
the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.
military personnel, especially commissioned officers, taken collectively:
- miliarias
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
- marialite
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noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- materials
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- Maritime
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adjective,
connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- material
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- Ismailia
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noun,
a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- mimetism
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noun,
mimicry (defs 1, 3).
- airmails
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- marmites
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- alarmist
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- almemars
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noun,
bimah.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- imamates
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- trammels
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- miliaria
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
- trilemma
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noun,
a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- stammrel
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adjective, noun,
staumrel.
- militias
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- Laramie
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noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- tammies
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noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- limmers
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noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- amritas
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Lamaism
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noun,
the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- imamate
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- slimmer
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noun,
a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- slammer
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noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- Imamite
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noun,
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- militia
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- tamales
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noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- ramstam
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noun,
a stubborn or thoughtless person.
- stammer
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noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- Almeria
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noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- airmail
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- mammets
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noun,
maumet.
- mammies
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noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- maremma
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noun,
a marshy region near the seashore, especially in Italy.
- 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.
- marital
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- Marmite
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- maltase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- Martial
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noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- mistime
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verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- mismate
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verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- melisma
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noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- Mimamsa
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noun,
a school of philosophy formed originally to explain the Vedas.
- Trammel
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- mammers
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verb (used without object),
to stammer or mutter.
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- malates
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- malaise
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- almemar
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noun,
bimah.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Miriam
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noun,
the sister of Moses and Aaron. Num. 26:59.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Sammie
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noun,
a sandwich.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- matri-
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- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mister
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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.).
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- ratals
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noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- simmer
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noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- milit.
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- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- ramate
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adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- Elmira
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noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- miasma
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noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- Simmel
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noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- Miamis
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- simile
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- metal.
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- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- riatas
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noun,
a lariat.
- limmer
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noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- latria
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- mammet
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noun,
maumet.
- limits
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- mammer
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verb (used without object),
to stammer or mutter.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- 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.
- mammal
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noun,
any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
- remits
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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.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Mamers
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noun,
Mars.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- malate
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- reatas
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noun,
riata.
- malars
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noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- lariat
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- 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.
- Maisie
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noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- 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.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- marais
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noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- 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.
- Lamesa
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noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- lamias
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Lammas
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noun,
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
- realia
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plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Amrita
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- astral
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adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tiaras
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noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- stemma
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noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armlet
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Tamale
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noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- alarms
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noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- alates
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noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- asemia
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noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Alesia
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noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Amelia
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noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- amimia
-
noun,
the inability to express ideas by means of gestures or signs.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- 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.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- tera-
-
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Amer.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- 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.
- alti-
-
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- male-
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- tears
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- aeri-
-
- Melia
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- matr-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aemia
-
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- 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.
- treas
-
- 30-30
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- meta-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mast-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- term.
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- 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.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- mamma
-
noun,
mama.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- 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.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- 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.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- 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.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- 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.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Ital.
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- ster.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- semi-
-
- IATSE
-
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- seti-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- imit.
-
- 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.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- astr.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Srta.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- 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).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- str.
-
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tri-
-
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- mis-
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Sra.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- SRAM
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MILR
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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).
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIIA
-
- Tasm
-
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Ste.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- mrem
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- MSAE
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- MSIE
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- MSME
-
- tel-
-
- Sam.
-
- Saml
-
- MSEM
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- ter.
-
- MSAM
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sat.
-
- 1080
-
- 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).
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- mil.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- IATA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IAEA
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emia
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Amal
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Ala.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ates
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- art.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMLS
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- mem.
-
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- met.
-
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- 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.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mal-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Mar.
-
- MALS
-
- ASI
-
- MRE
-
- TAL
-
- MME
-
- MRA
-
- MMT
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ase
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SMM
-
- MSM
-
- Sr.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MSI
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- 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.
- EAM
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASM
-
- MSE
-
- ATA
-
- STI
-
- at.
-
- MSA
-
- STL
-
- STM
-
- ast
-
- MLS
-
- ASR
-
- MRI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- MIT
-
- ARS
-
- ae.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MIE
-
- AEA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aar
-
- AAM
-
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- mi.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- MLR
-
- AME
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- 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.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALM
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- eir
-
- ISR
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SAE
-
- Lt.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- La.
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- RTS
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Me.
-
- EIS
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- MM.
-
- SAR
-
- IRL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- SAA
-
- rte
-
- Ir.
-
- REA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LIM
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- rt.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LMT
-
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- 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.
- LST
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ILS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- MTS
-
- 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.
- SLE
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- se-
-
- Re.
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ESL
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EMT
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- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EMR
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- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- RMA
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- SLA
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- MTI
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- ESA
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- ESR
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MAA
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ier
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- SER
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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).
- IAS
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- ial
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- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Ia.
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- MST
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- Mt.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
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- SMA
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- ETR
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- SLR
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- le
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- R.
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EI
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- LM
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TM
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- SA
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- TL
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- i.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- M.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- T1
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
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- L2
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- t.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SM
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- SL
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- S.
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- RI
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- LR
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.