Anagrams of interlays
Word interlays has
885 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of interlays.
- interlay
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verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- 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.
- 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.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- tinselry
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noun,
cheap and pretentious display.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- reality
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- 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.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- 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.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trysail
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noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- transl.
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- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- 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.
- Stanley
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noun,
Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- Elysian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling Elysium.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- 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.
- saintly
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adjective,
pertaining to, like, or befitting a saint:
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- 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.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- 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.
- intra-
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- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- Styria
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noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- layers
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noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- lenity
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- inlays
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noun,
inlaid work.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- estray
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noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- easily
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adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elyria
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noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- elytra
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noun,
plural of elytron.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Erinys
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noun,
any of the Furies.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tilery
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- inter.
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- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- yearns
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verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Yentai
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- yentas
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noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
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- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- stylar
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adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- linsey
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noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- riyals
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Syrian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- sanity
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- satiny
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adjective,
satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- senary
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adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- sentry
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- 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.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- styler
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noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- lyrate
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adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- lyrist
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noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lysate
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noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- lysine
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noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- litany
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- nearly
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adverb,
all but; almost:
- re-lay
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verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- Stalin
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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.
- nitery
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noun,
a nightclub.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nytril
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noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- snarly
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adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- realty
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aseity
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noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- Tyrian
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adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
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- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- arsen-
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- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- reins
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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.
- learn
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- arils
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noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leary
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adjective,
leery1 .
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- renal
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adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
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- latry
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- lears
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- reals
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noun,
real number.
- treas
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- least
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Relay
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noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- alert
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Lesya
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noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- Lerna
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noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- stria
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noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- arise
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- stray
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noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Aries
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noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- stair
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noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- slate
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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.
- tails
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noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- taler
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noun,
thaler.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- layer
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noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Arnel
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- Italy
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noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- Ital.
-
- Talys
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noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- slaty
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adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- Ayres
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noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- aisle
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- rents
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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.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- resin
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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.
- LASER
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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.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Laris
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lairy
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- Arlen
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noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- treys
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noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Lares
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- taels
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noun,
liang.
- Arles
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- airts
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noun,
a direction.
- laity
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Aisne
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noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- lyase
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noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- nasty
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- stile
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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.
- anils
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- styl-
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- snare
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- lt-yr
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- anile
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adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- stela
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noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- nails
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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.
- nares
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plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Srta.
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- steal
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- stale
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- alti-
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- stane
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stain
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- nerts
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interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nitr-
-
- nears
-
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- stare
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- natl.
-
- anis-
-
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- alien
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noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- linty
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adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antsy
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adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- antis
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noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- trail
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Aline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ranis
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noun,
ranee.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- rails
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- 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).
- ante-
-
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- anti-
-
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- IATSE
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- iatry
-
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- astr.
-
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- aeri-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sanit
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tears
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- seti-
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- intr.
-
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Iran.
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 30-30
-
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Sra.
-
- 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).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- NYSE
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- alt.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- aer-
-
- NTIA
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- NIRA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- syn-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tRNA
-
- aet.
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- 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.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Aire
-
- 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.
- rit.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- 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.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tri-
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Syr.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Alis
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 1080
-
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- inae
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- 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.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ins.
-
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ten.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- int.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- yrs.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- intl
-
- art.
-
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- ter.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- 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.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- 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:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- est.
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- enl.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Ens.
-
- ates
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- 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:
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lys-
-
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lit.
-
- lyte
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Ste.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lea.
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- ARIS
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- 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.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- str.
-
- Lani
-
- Lat.
-
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- 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.
- 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.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAL
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SLE
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Sta
-
- TSI
-
- St.
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TIA
-
- STL
-
- tr.
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- SLR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SLA
-
- Sr.
-
- tra
-
- tlr
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- 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.
- Syl
-
- ial
-
- yer
-
- ier
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IAS
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ety
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- ery
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- La.
-
- ity
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- IRS
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ays
-
- 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.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- 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.
- en-
-
- ean
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- ea.
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- Lt.
-
- ISR
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Re.
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- REA
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- NSA
-
- 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.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NYA
-
- NIA
-
- 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:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- 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).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- NES
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LSI
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- LST
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- ne-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- yr
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- t.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
-
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- 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.
- ly
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- YT
-
- Y.
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ty
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- NY
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NL
-
- N.
-
- R.
-
- RI
-
- ry
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ey
-
- LR
-
- ln
-
- SN
-
- yl
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TL
-
- NI
-