Anagrams of lactiferous
Word lactiferous has
2045 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of lactiferous.
- facetious
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adjective,
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- fruticose
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adjective,
having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- fluorites
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- trifocals
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noun,
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- factories
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noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- faculties
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noun,
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- fortalice
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noun,
a small fort; an outwork.
- foliature
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noun,
a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- filatures
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- flat-sour
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noun,
fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- fractious
-
adjective,
refractory or unruly:
- 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.
- fluorite
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- 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.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- faitours
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- clotures
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- fluerics
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noun,
fluidics.
- factious
-
adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- scrofula
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noun,
primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- floruits
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noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- lucifers
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noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- alfresco
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adverb,
out-of-doors; in the open air:
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- fructose
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- outfaces
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- outflies
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in flying, especially in speed or distance:
- trifocal
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noun,
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- forecast
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verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- florist
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- floruit
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noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- florets
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noun,
a small flower.
- astrol.
-
- Carolus
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noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- floater
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- furcate
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- frolics
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noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- fluoric
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adjective,
Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
- Austro-
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- fluster
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noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- sclero-
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- fluters
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noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- fractus
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adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- carfuls
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noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- Calorie
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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.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- torulas
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- flueric
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noun,
fluidics.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- folates
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noun,
folic acid.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- fistula
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- cloture
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- earfuls
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- curtals
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- curtail
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- sulfate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- sulfite
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noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- surface
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- crustal
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adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- stearo-
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- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- facture
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- 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).
- fiacres
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- festuca
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noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- cerato-
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- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- faucets
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noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- far-out
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adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- farcies
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noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- faitour
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- failure
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noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- factors
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noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- tearful
-
adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- trefoil
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- careful
-
adjective,
cautious in one's actions:
- 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.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- Lucifer
-
noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- Leofric
-
noun,
died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- outface
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- restful
-
adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- refusal
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- lictors
-
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.
- AFL-CIO
-
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- ourself
-
pronoun,
one's own person, individuality, etc., considered as private and apart from others:
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- 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.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- 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.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- aristo-
-
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- 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.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- 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.
- 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.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- 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.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- luteo-
-
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- Lucite
-
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- 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.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- 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.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- 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.
- sarco-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- 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.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- fluors
-
- lacto-
-
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- iatro-
-
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- frolic
-
noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- scato-
-
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- sacro-
-
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- Lieut.
-
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- ferous
-
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- rectos
-
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- recti-
-
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- flouts
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- flours
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- flori-
-
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- leuco-
-
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- 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.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- certif
-
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- 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.
- cerat-
-
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- celto-
-
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- 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.
- 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.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- tauro-
-
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- aceous
-
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- aceto-
-
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- acious
-
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- 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.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- afters
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- ultra-
-
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- turco-
-
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- carful
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- austr-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- Calif.
-
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- 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.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- astro-
-
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- tarso-
-
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- utero-
-
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- 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.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- 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.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 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.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Fris.
-
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- treas
-
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- FSLIC
-
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- cores
-
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- astr.
-
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- crit.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- IATSE
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Icel.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Ital.
-
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- asco-
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- 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.
- sarc-
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- Scot.
-
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- calef
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- 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.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- focal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a focus.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- fore-
-
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- scat-
-
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Aust.
-
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- fort.
-
- 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.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- auto.
-
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- ileo-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- alto-
-
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- rect.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- 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.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- licet
-
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- refl.
-
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alcor
-
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- orial
-
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- leuc-
-
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- afoul
-
Idioms,
run / come / fall afoul of,
to become entangled with:
to come into conflict with:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Recit
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Afro-
-
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- 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.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 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.
- lact-
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- 30-30
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- areo-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- coel-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- clase
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- 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.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- 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.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- acro-
-
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- 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.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- octa-
-
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- sito-
-
- ster.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- OIcel
-
- Ecua.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecol.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- 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.
- oste-
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- 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).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- 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.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- ocul-
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- acet-
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- 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.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- Srta.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- USLTA
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tears
-
- 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.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- 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.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- fires
-
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- TOEFL
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- caus.
-
- sect.
-
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- self-
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- filos
-
- aeri-
-
- sulf-
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- aero-
-
- flor.
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- 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).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- flour
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- flout
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- colat
-
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- 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:
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Seric
-
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- cero-
-
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- actos
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- 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.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- sero-
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- 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.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- feti-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- tious
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- seti-
-
- uro-
-
- ref.
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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:
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- USRC
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- USTC
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- USIA
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- uria
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ulto
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USAR
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- uret
-
- out-
-
- USCA
-
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- RCAF
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ter.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sol.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- 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.
- 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.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- str.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sra.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- taur
-
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sci.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- saur
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- scil
-
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- scr.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Sat.
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Rus.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- tri-
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- 1080
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- clar
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- 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.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- for.
-
- cir.
-
- FRCS
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frs.
-
- FRSL
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- fol.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fla.
-
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- FLRA
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- FOIA
-
- frt.
-
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Cal.
-
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- ious
-
- Ire.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ator
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cat.
-
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fur.
-
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fut.
-
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- Cels
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- ical
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ile-
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- 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.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- filt
-
- ates
-
- crat
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Cres
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- eous
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Cort
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- 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.
- 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.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- cur.
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- cule
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- ELAS
-
- Eur.
-
- 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.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- FERA
-
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- fec.
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- FICA
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fict
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- fac.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- FACS
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Col.
-
- atic
-
- Ilse
-
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:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- 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.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- alt.
-
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- acr-
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- AFSC
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- afr-
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Aire
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- aer-
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- aet.
-
- Alco
-
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Oct.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- 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.
- 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.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- art.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- itol
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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).
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ACLS
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- ACLU
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AFL
-
- uti
-
- CSA
-
- ACS
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- AFS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- al.
-
- AIC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- Af.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ac-
-
- CRS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CRT
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ur-
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- USC
-
- Ar.
-
- CSR
-
- suf
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- USO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ctf
-
- AEF
-
- USR
-
- AUC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- TAL
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ae.
-
- CSO
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- CST
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- CSF
-
- AFC
-
- ure
-
- ATC
-
- ult
-
- TLC
-
- eo-
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ARS
-
- CEA
-
- CEF
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- CEO
-
- 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.
- CFA
-
- CFI
-
- CFL
-
- CFO
-
- CFR
-
- ARU
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tr.
-
- at.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASU
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- trf
-
- ca.
-
- CAF
-
- ase
-
- cf.
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- Tro
-
- AOU
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UCR
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- ALC
-
- TCA
-
- UAR
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- CLR
-
- tra
-
- CLU
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UFC
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- UIT
-
- 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.
- Clo
-
- CLI
-
- cfs
-
- CIF
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- aor
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- ALU
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- cle
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- FAO
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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).
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LaF
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- LCA
-
- LCF
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- RFA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- RTF
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- IOC
-
- IOF
-
- 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
-
- IOU
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- ISR
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- 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.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- of-
-
- OTC
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- 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
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ote
-
- OSA
-
- OFr
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- 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
-
- ose
-
- Ola
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OSF
-
- Oc.
-
- Les
-
- RCA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- 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.
- Lif
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LOC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- 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.
- RCS
-
- 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.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ltr
-
- RAF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Re.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SAE
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- SOF
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- fo.
-
- SLR
-
- SLE
-
- ESA
-
- il-
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- FCA
-
- FCS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Sfc
-
- FET
-
- Fia
-
- fic
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ea.
-
- 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.
- STL
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- STI
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- Sta
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- St.
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- EOF
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SLA
-
- 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).
- ics
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- SCF
-
- FRC
-
- Frl
-
- sc.
-
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- SAR
-
- FOT
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ier
-
- IFC
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- FOS
-
- Fl.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIO
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CU
-
- RF
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SF
-
- le
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- L2
-
- AO
-
- TL
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SU
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- ol
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- EI
-
- TC
-
- 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.
- FE
-
- OA
-
- ic
-
- t.
-
- FC
-
- UC
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- UI
-
- LR
-
- UL
-
- L.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- LF
-
- i.
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LC
-
- RI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- O.
-
- L1
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- CE
-
- U.
-
- RU
-