Anagrams of interlaces
Word interlaces has
1389 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of interlaces.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- creatines
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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.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- cleanser
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- 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.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- lecterns
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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.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- 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.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- citrals
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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.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lectins
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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.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- lancers
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noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- 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.
- 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.
- electr-
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- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- 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.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- tenaces
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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.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- 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.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- 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.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- 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.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tenrecs
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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.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- 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.
- centres
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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.
- centri-
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- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- cerates
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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.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- 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.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- transl.
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- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- 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.
- Carleen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- cleaner
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noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- cetanes
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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.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- 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.
- cleans
-
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- leaner
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- crenel
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- 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.
- clines
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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.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- 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.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ericas
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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.
- escent
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- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- selen-
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- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- 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.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
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- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- 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.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- instr.
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- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- intra-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scler-
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- elect.
-
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tenrec
-
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.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tenace
-
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.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- actin-
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- recti-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cerat-
-
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- cerias
-
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.
- 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.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- cerate
-
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.
- centi-
-
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- centr-
-
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Centre
-
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.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Center
-
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
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sect.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ital.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- rect.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- incl.
-
- incr.
-
- sanit
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- licet
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- sarc-
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- intr.
-
- Iran.
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lect.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scat-
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- natl.
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nears
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- reni-
-
- renal
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adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- nitr-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- lact-
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- incas
-
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.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tele-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- cetin
-
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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tears
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- cent.
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
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.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- cert.
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- astr.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- acnes
-
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.
- 30-30
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acet-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- treas
-
- alti-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arnel
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- ante-
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- arces
-
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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- encl.
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Icel.
-
- IATSE
-
- seti-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- ERICA
-
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.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- ster.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- talcs
-
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.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Recit
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tRNA
-
- Sat.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- tri-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ste.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- scr.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- scil
-
- str.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sci.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- ten.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- sec.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cat.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- atic
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lacs
-
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).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- crat
-
- Ens.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- enl.
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ect-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ile-
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cene
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ical
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- cit.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- ACLS
-
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- 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).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aire
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- acr-
-
- NTIA
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ance
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- ARIS
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- 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.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aet.
-
- ant.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANSI
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- STL
-
- ac-
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TSE
-
- CSR
-
- Ar.
-
- ea.
-
- CLI
-
- CTA
-
- AEC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CRS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ae.
-
- al.
-
- CLR
-
- TAL
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- STI
-
- CSA
-
- cte
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ACS
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CRT
-
- CNS
-
- CST
-
- an.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- cle
-
- 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.
- CAI
-
- 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.
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ATC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- at.
-
- ean
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ARS
-
- ase
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- AIC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CIE
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- CIA
-
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ANC
-
- TIA
-
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- TLC
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEA
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ese
-
- 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.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SAE
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Les
-
- SAR
-
- LSC
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ite
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- 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).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- se-
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- sc.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ITA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- nr.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- NRA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LSI
-
- NEA
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- 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.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ITC
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Sta
-
- ics
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ist
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EIS
-
- ial
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- SLA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SLE
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SLR
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Ia.
-
- EEC
-
- St.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ECA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ec-
-
- Isl
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ISR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- il-
-
- ine
-
- T1
-
- NL
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ee
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- R.
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- SN
-
- SL
-
- L.
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- CE
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SA
-
- NI
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- TC
-
- i.
-
- ln
-
- LR
-
- N.
-
- TL
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- TN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.