Anagrams of lancetfishes
Word lancetfishes has
1631 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of lancetfishes.
- lancetfish
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noun,
any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- Clisthenes
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noun,
Cleisthenes.
- Schlesien
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noun,
German name of Silesia.
- teach-ins
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- Aeschines
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noun,
389–314 b.c, Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes.
- Sinhalese
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noun,
a member of the Sinhalese people.
- essential
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- Caithness
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noun,
a historic county in NE Scotland.
- saliences
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- Telchines
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plural noun,
nine dog-headed monsters, inhabiting the sea, who as great artisans crafted the sickle of Cronus and the trident of Poseidon.
- Cleanthes
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noun,
c300–232? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- faithless
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adjective,
not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty:
- cineastes
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- asthenics
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noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- half-cent
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noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., equal to one-half cent, issued at various periods between 1793 and 1857.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- seneschal
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noun,
an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.
- catfishes
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noun,
any of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Nematognathi (or Siluroidei), characterized by barbels around the mouth and the absence of scales.
- natheless
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adverb,
nevertheless.
- faceless
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adjective,
without a face:
- fletches
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verb (used with object),
to provide (an arrow) with a feather.
- escheats
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- fishnets
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noun,
a net for catching fish.
- Fichtean
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noun,
an adherent or advocate of this philosophy.
- esthesia
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noun,
capacity for sensation or feeling; sensitivity.
- ethnical
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adjective,
ethnic.
- shinleaf
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noun,
a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- shelties
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noun,
Shetland pony.
- anthesis
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noun,
the period or act of expansion in flowers, especially the maturing of the stamens.
- fiancees
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noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- fetishes
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noun,
an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
- shanties
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noun,
a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
- faiences
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noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- felsites
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- antheses
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noun,
the period or act of expansion in flowers, especially the maturing of the stamens.
- fascines
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- sheitans
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noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- asthenic
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noun,
a person of the asthenic type.
- celestas
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- silences
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- chinfest
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noun,
gabfest; bull session; rap session.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- Sthenias
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noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- stenches
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noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- chanties
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noun,
chantey.
- chastens
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verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- chastise
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verb (used with object),
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chelates
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- Steichen
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noun,
Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- casefies
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become like cheese.
- enchases
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verb (used with object),
to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- stanches
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noun,
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
- cleanses
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- snitches
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noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- snatches
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noun,
the act or an instance of snatching.
- echinate
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adjective,
bristly; prickly.
- slatches
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noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- Eisenach
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noun,
a city in central Germany.
- elastics
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- flinches
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noun,
an act of flinching.
- teach-in
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- fealties
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noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- flitches
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noun,
the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured:
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Lachesis
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noun,
the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- Achinese
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noun,
Atjehnese.
- Alcestis
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noun,
Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
- safeties
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noun,
the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- sanicles
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- licenses
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- scanties
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noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- inflects
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verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- easiest
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- stances
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- instals
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verb (used with object),
install.
- inhales
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verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- inflect
-
verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- enchase
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verb (used with object),
to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- enfaces
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verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Lachine
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noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- clashes
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noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- Sachsen
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noun,
German name of Saxony.
- Hessian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Hesse.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- stifles
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noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- sthenic
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adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- letches
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noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- sthenia
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noun,
strength; excessive vital force.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- chaines
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noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- chaises
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noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- latches
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noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- sachets
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noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- chisels
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noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Chinese
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noun,
the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- Chasles
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noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), 1793–1880, French mathematician.
- Chelsea
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noun,
a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- chelate
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- leaches
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noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- leashes
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noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- chasten
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verb (used with object),
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- finches
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noun,
any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- shantis
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noun,
peace.
- hastens
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verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- fetches
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noun,
the act of fetching.
- haslets
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noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- fiancee
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noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- secants
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- fiances
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noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- fiestas
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noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- filasse
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noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- filches
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verb (used with object),
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer:
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- finesse
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noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- felines
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- fiscals
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noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- fishnet
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noun,
a net for catching fish.
- hansels
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noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- fitches
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noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fitness
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noun,
health.
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- flashes
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noun,
a brief, sudden burst of bright light:
- selfish
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adjective,
devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- flenses
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verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- fleshes
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noun,
the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- halites
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noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- selects
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- felsite
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- helices
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noun,
a plural of helix.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- satchel
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noun,
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- infests
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verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- infects
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- escheat
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- saltish
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adjective,
somewhat salty.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- ethanes
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- ethical
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adjective,
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- ethnics
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noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- facient
-
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- scathes
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noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- fatness
-
noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- sheilas
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Sheitan
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noun,
Ash-Shaytān.
- hessite
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noun,
a rare mineral, silver telluride, Ag 2 Te, found in silver ores: sometimes contains gold.
- hisself
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pronoun,
himself.
- fastens
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verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- Fascist
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noun,
a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- faience
-
noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- fascine
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- sheitel
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noun,
a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- fancies
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noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- sheltas
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noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- chalets
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noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- ascents
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- teasels
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- castles
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noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- theines
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- catfish
-
noun,
any of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Nematognathi (or Siluroidei), characterized by barbels around the mouth and the absence of scales.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- tenches
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- teaches
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- caseins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- achenes
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- 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.
- Antheil
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noun,
George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- Hansel
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noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- Salish
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noun,
a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Shensi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shaanxi.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- elect.
-
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- hanses
-
noun,
Hansa.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- Elisha
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- Shansi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shanxi.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- elfish
-
adjective,
elflike; elfin; small and mischievous.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- actin-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- sheens
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- slates
-
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.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- laches
-
noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Calif.
-
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- slatch
-
noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- shales
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- faeces
-
noun,
feces.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- fetish
-
noun,
an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
- Sheena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- shifts
-
noun,
a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- fleche
-
noun,
Architecture. a steeple or spire, especially one in the Gothic style, emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- Scales
-
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.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Felice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Felicia.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- hassle
-
noun,
a disorderly dispute.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- hastes
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- shiest
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- feasts
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- shines
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- schist
-
noun,
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- sheafs
-
noun,
one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- facete
-
adjective,
facetious.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- Thess.
-
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enface
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- Fichte
-
noun,
Johann Gottlieb [yoh-hahn gawt-leep] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1762–1814, German philosopher.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- theses
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- thesis
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- escent
-
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- hassel
-
noun,
Odd [awd] /ɔd/ (Show IPA), 1897–1981, Norwegian chemist: Nobel Prize 1969.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- castes
-
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.
- chases
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- chants
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- Fishes
-
noun,
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Chasse
-
noun,
a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- chafes
-
noun,
irritation; annoyance.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- cashes
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- chests
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Neches
-
noun,
a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- flinch
-
noun,
an act of flinching.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- lesche
-
noun,
an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- lichts
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- centi-
-
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- heists
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- helic-
-
- stichs
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- fasces
-
noun,
a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- liches
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- cestas
-
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.
- Fletch
-
verb (used with object),
to provide (an arrow) with a feather.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- lichen
-
noun,
any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- leches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- cleans
-
- stanch
-
noun,
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- clasts
-
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.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- class.
-
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- snaths
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- sneesh
-
noun,
snuff1 (def 9).
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- shiels
-
noun,
shieling.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- selahs
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- niches
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- lashes
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- faiths
-
noun,
confidence or trust in a person or thing:
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- chital
-
noun,
axis deer.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- chisel
-
noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Neilah
-
noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- chinas
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- flitch
-
noun,
the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured:
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- Chiles
-
noun,
chili.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- chiefs
-
noun,
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Sheets
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- filths
-
noun,
offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- selen-
-
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- hefts
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- hect-
-
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- flesh
-
noun,
the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- self-
-
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- FSLIC
-
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- seats
-
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.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- sect.
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hafts
-
noun,
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- THIEF
-
noun,
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- acet-
-
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neth.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- Sachs
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
- lact-
-
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 30-30
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lith.
-
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- licet
-
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lect.
-
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- natl.
-
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- 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.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Icel.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scat-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- hist.
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Hesse
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- heli-
-
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- sates
-
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.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- sails
-
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.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Ital.
-
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Isth.
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- 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.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- incl.
-
- salts
-
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.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slash
-
noun,
a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- calef
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- snash
-
noun,
insolence; impertinence.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- assn.
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- asst.
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tech.
-
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- encl.
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- sinhs
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- chafe
-
noun,
irritation; annoyance.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- clase
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- stash
-
noun,
something put away or hidden:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- cine-
-
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- chess
-
noun,
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
- Chin.
-
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chief
-
noun,
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- 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.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Esth.
-
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- anth-
-
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- anti-
-
- seti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- fiche
-
noun,
microfiche.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- shelf
-
noun,
a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Faith
-
noun,
confidence or trust in a person or thing:
- 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.
- filch
-
verb (used with object),
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- anis-
-
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- sheaf
-
noun,
one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- ante-
-
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- sheas
-
noun,
shea tree.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- feti-
-
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- shaft
-
noun,
a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Ashes
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- shins
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- alti-
-
- fiscs
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- filth
-
noun,
offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Fitch
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flash
-
noun,
a brief, sudden burst of bright light:
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- shift
-
noun,
a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another:
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- finch
-
noun,
any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- shies
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- 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:
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Neh.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- lit.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sech
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- thi-
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- NCTE
-
- Nah.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- tanh
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- scfh
-
- sch.
-
- 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.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- sci.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- scil
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sat.
-
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- SASE
-
- sics
-
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).
- 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.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- 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.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- the-
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- sec.
-
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- ten.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Ste.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- NTIA
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- SLIC
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- 1080
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- fth.
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- haft
-
noun,
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hal-
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Fish
-
noun,
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- 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.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fla.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- 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.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- FICA
-
- Cal.
-
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Can.
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICSH
-
- 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.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- CanF
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cat.
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- heft
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- fict
-
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- ile-
-
- etc.
-
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- enl.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Eth.
-
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- Ens.
-
- ence
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cts.
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- ect-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- EFTA
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- enc.
-
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- chef
-
noun,
the chief cook, especially in a restaurant or hotel, usually responsible for planning menus, ordering foodstuffs, overseeing food preparation, and supervising the kitchen staff.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Chal
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- cit.
-
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- cis-
-
- fec.
-
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- chs.
-
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- atic
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ates
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lea.
-
- AFSC
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lat.
-
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- aet.
-
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alis
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- 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.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- ACTH
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- ance
-
- asis
-
- asc-
-
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- 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.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Inf.
-
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ISSN
-
- ant.
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Inc.
-
- infl
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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).
- ANSI
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- inae
-
- CNS
-
- CSA
-
- cs.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- SSA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- cl.
-
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ct.
-
- ACS
-
- 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.
- CLI
-
- TCS
-
- ATC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TCA
-
- CAI
-
- at.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cle
-
- CSF
-
- CST
-
- ean
-
- Af.
-
- cf.
-
- SSC
-
- ss.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- SSE
-
- TSH
-
- SSI
-
- TSE
-
- TLC
-
- SSN
-
- ac-
-
- SST
-
- TSI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Sta
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ctf
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CAF
-
- St.
-
- ast
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- cfs
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CFL
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- STI
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CFI
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- THC
-
- th-
-
- cfh
-
- CFA
-
- CEF
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- STL
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ANF
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TIA
-
- AFC
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AEF
-
- ANC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CIF
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- ASN
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ase
-
- TAL
-
- AFL
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AHE
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- ASI
-
- AHL
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ec-
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ine
-
- INH
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ish
-
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- SAE
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LaF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- in.
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- ial
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- ics
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- Ia.
-
- ECA
-
- ILS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- IFC
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IHS
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- NSC
-
- SCF
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NSF
-
- LTh
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSS
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lif
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NSA
-
- NHL
-
- NLF
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIH
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NHS
-
- NHI
-
- NES
-
- NHA
-
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- NFC
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- LCA
-
- LCF
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- sc.
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- 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.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- 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).
- sht
-
- ETS
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SHF
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- FCA
-
- ese
-
- FCS
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FET
-
- FHA
-
- Fia
-
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- Sfc
-
- EHF
-
- SLE
-
- ECF
-
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- SLA
-
- EIS
-
- ESA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- 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.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- en-
-
- ene
-
- SHA
-
- TSS
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- HCF
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- fic
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- FTC
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ft.
-
- FSH
-
- FSA
-
- se-
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Fl.
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hf.
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- SCS
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- TC
-
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- LF
-
- SF
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- 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.
- ln
-
- TN
-
- HL
-
- TL
-
- SN
-
- 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.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NF
-
- NI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CE
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- NL
-
- L.
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- LC
-
- LH
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh 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.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- fn
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FC
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- h.
-
- T1
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NH
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- le
-
- FE
-