Anagrams of interlace
Word interlace has
1 exact anagrams and 632 other words
that can be made by using the letters of interlace.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- Carleen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- cleaner
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noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- centri-
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- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- lectern
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- electr-
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- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- 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.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
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- intra-
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- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cental
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- centr-
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- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- centi-
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- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- inter.
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- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- elance
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noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Elaine
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noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- elect.
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- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
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- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- enlace
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crenel
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- enter-
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- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- cereal
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noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- Arlene
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noun,
a female given name.
- actin-
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- lancet
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- leaner
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tenace
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- lancer
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noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- ancile
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noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Arleen
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noun,
a female given name.
- Aileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cantle
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Canter
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- careen
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noun,
a careening.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Elena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tinea
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- alti-
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- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- tical
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- rect.
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- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ectal
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adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- elate
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adjective,
elated.
- eaten
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Alice
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noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Alene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Aline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alert
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alien
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noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Recit
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- eclat
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Caren
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noun,
a female given name.
- Iran.
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- elite
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trial
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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.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- niece
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noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- neral
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noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Ernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- incr.
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- incl.
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- Icel.
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- natl.
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- liter
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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
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- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- nitr-
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- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- train
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- enate
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- encl.
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- Ranee
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Trace
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trail
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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.
- aerie
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noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- triac
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aeri-
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- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- treen
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noun,
treenware.
- erect
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- acet-
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- ERICA
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- intr.
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- Ital.
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- terne
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noun,
terne metal.
- ancre
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adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- nacre
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- tele-
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- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- laree
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noun,
lari.
- Lerna
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noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- ceria
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Teena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- cert.
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- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- licet
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- artel
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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.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cine-
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- lect.
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- caine
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noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Arnel
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- taler
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noun,
thaler.
- Carie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
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noun,
a female given name.
- LANCE
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Tarne
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noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- carne
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noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carte
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Cant.
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- cater
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cairn
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noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- caner
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Lenca
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Celia
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- lact-
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- cent.
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- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- learn
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ante-
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- Crane
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noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Arlen
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noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- crate
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- antic
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noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- renal
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adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Creel
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- anti-
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- Crete
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noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Clite
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- anile
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adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
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- terna
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noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- caret
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- anele
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- linac
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- reni-
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- Clare
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- tera-
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- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Clair
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noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- cleat
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Clint
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- lier
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Lear
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leet
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noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leer
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Line
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noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lite
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lice
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noun,
plural of louse.
- lin.
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- lit.
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- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- 1080
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- 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.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tri-
-
- rit.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NCTE
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- NIRA
-
- NTIA
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- lea.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Ire.
-
- tRNA
-
- etc.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Can.
-
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- crat
-
- 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.
- atic
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ical
-
- art.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ice.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- enl.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ect-
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- ctr.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- cene
-
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- cen.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ile-
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Lani
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- int.
-
- aer-
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- intl
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Inc.
-
- Aire
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- inae
-
- alt.
-
- ant.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ance
-
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- aet.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- AEC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RNA
-
- CLR
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- an.
-
- CIE
-
- CLI
-
- 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.
- al.
-
- CIA
-
- cle
-
- Ar.
-
- ac-
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ANC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- ATC
-
- 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.
- at.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TCA
-
- AIC
-
- TLC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- TAL
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CEA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- cr.
-
- 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.
- CRT
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- in.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ier
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- LTA
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- CTA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ETR
-
- ltr
-
- ine
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lt.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERT
-
- LCT
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- 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.
- en-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- RCA
-
- ean
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- EEC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ene
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- eir
-
- ea.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Re.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- EI
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- L.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- LC
-
- TN
-
- ee
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- ln
-
- TL
-
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NL
-
- TC
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- R.
-
- CE
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RI
-
- NI
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- LR
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- t.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
-