Anagrams of intolerances
Word intolerances has
2607 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of intolerances.
- intolerance
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noun,
lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
- tolerances
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- interlaces
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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.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- arsenolite
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- 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.
- 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.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- cornelian
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noun,
carnelian.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- corelates
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- carolines
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noun,
a female given name.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- contrails
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- octennial
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adjective,
occurring every eight years.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Neo-Latin
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noun,
New Latin.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- sclerotin
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noun,
an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- lannerets
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- innersole
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noun,
insole.
- coeternal
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adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- internals
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- 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.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- insolence
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noun,
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- arecoline
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noun,
a toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an agent for killing and expelling intestinal worms.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- tenancies
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noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- centriole
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noun,
a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- acroleins
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- relocates
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- insolent
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noun,
an insolent person.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- 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.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- lactones
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- electro-
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- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- 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:
- intrans.
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- scrannel
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adjective,
thin or slight.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Sentinel
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noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- 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.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- 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.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- escarole
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- alencons
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- 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.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- cineoles
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- tiercels
-
noun,
tercel.
- entrelac
-
noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- 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.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- 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.
- crannies
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- cerato-
-
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- 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.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- 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.
- cleaner
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noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- 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.
- lenient
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adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- 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.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- citrals
-
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.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- cineole
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- lectins
-
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.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- claries
-
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.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- centro-
-
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- centri-
-
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- centres
-
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.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- sterno-
-
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Teleran
-
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.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- creoles
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- crenels
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- stereo-
-
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- cranio-
-
- enclose
-
verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- electr-
-
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- enlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- ensnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
-
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- craniol
-
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Teniers
-
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.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- intens.
-
- tenrecs
-
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.
- Sno-Cat
-
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Clinton
-
noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- stencil
-
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.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stearo-
-
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- stearin
-
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.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- cornels
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- inconel
-
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- tenaces
-
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.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Neilson
-
noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Alencon
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- transl.
-
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- sclero-
-
- astrol.
-
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- cannoli
-
plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Nielsen
-
noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- saltire
-
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.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- antero-
-
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- article
-
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.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- aristo-
-
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- arseno-
-
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- actino-
-
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- retinal
-
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.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- seleno-
-
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Seconal
-
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- enters
-
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:
- 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.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- iatro-
-
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- steno-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- 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.
- sacro-
-
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- rectos
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- recti-
-
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- enter-
-
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- ericas
-
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.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- escent
-
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- 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.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- 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.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- silane
-
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.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- necro-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- 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.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- lectin
-
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Seneca
-
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.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- 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.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- serine
-
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;
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- selen-
-
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- 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.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- 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.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- insect
-
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
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- inter.
-
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- sarco-
-
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- nocti-
-
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- scato-
-
- scler-
-
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Israel
-
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.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- lacto-
-
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- 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.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- 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.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cleans
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- arsen-
-
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clino-
-
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- contr.
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- colent
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- aniso-
-
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- celto-
-
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- 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.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- centi-
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- 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.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- astro-
-
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- astron
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- citral
-
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.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- centr-
-
- cerat-
-
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- 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.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- 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.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- 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.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- contin
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- aeron.
-
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tarso-
-
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- trans.
-
- cteno-
-
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- 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.
- teleo-
-
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- elect.
-
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aceto-
-
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- actin-
-
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Scot.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- 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.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- 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.
- nears
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- natl.
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astr.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- aeri-
-
- 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).
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- ation
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- aero-
-
- reni-
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- cert.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- acet-
-
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- oste-
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- sect.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 30-30
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Cant.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- naso-
-
- acro-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- 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.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- nano-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- octa-
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- sarc-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- anis-
-
- sanit
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- areo-
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- annot
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- OIcel
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- anon.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- rect.
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- noct-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treas
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- asco-
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Arnel
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- nona-
-
- Alcor
-
- tonia
-
- orial
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Recit
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- incl.
-
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- insol
-
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- 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.
- Conn.
-
- icons
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- IATSE
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Icel.
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ileo-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- inst.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Ital.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Tenn.
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- colat
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- teno-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- intr.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- coele
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- coel-
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iran.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- econ.
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- ecol.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ento-
-
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ecto-
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- encl.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tears
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- telo-
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- 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.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- 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 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- crit.
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ster.
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tele-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- lect.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- 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.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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: ¢.
- seti-
-
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- 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.
- licet
-
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Seric
-
- cero-
-
- sero-
-
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- cent.
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- clase
-
- 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.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- sito-
-
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lact-
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- tera-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- 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.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sino-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- 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.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tRNA
-
- tion
-
- tron
-
- str.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tri-
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- sec.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- soln
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SLIC
-
- ter.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tonn
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- scr.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sra.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- RONA
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 1080
-
- EEOC
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- cts.
-
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- cene
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- cen.
-
- 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.
- Cels
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- 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.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Can.
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Ice.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- etc.
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lea.
-
- CERN
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Col.
-
- ins.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ire.
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Cres
-
- Cort
-
- crat
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ICAO
-
- ile-
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ical
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- inae
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Inc.
-
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- cet-
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Ceto
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ctr.
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- itol
-
- iso-
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- 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).
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ator
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Ens.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Aire
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- enl.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ont.
-
- Alco
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- NCTE
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ence
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enc.
-
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- eco-
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ect-
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ACLS
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ance
-
- ann.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- 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.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- non-
-
- nos-
-
- 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).
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ant.
-
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- NTIA
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ECA
-
- EEO
-
- TCA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- CTA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- cte
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ean
-
- CSO
-
- ea.
-
- ec-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EEC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eo-
-
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CSR
-
- CRT
-
- CST
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ANC
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- ase
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tro
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CIA
-
- 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.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CIE
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- CEA
-
- CAI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- cl.
-
- Co.
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- eir
-
- sc.
-
- 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:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- ne-
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- SAR
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NEA
-
- se-
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Les
-
- 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.
- 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).
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LOC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- LON
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OCR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- RNA
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ROA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ose
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OCS
-
- So.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- RTS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- Sta
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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).
- ine
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- io-
-
- ics
-
- IRC
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- TAL
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ETS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- STL
-
- ESR
-
- STI
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- Ir.
-
- Sr.
-
- IRL
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SLR
-
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LCA
-
- Lt.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- IRO
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SLE
-
- La.
-
- SLA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Isl
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ite
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISR
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ist
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ITA
-
- IRS
-
- ITC
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- T1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TC
-
- RI
-
- t.
-
- RN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
-
- 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.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- le
-
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LR
-
- TN
-
- O.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NL
-
- OA
-
- 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.
- L.
-
- SN
-
- ol
-
- CE
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NI
-
- SL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SA
-
- S.
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TL
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.