Anagrams of lections
Word lections has
1 exact anagrams and 480 other words
that can be made by using the letters of lections.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- 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.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- 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.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- closet
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- colent
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- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- cteno-
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- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- steno-
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- clino-
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- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- celto-
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- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- centi-
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- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- OIcel
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- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- ento-
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- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- oste-
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- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Sino-
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- incl.
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- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- Eolic
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noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- encl.
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- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- sito-
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- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Elton
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noun,
a male given name.
- slice
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Eliot
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noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ileo-
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- Icel.
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- inst.
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- insol
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- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Scot.
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- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- sect.
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- icons
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- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- noct-
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- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- seti-
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- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- estoc
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- lect.
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- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tiles
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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.
- Cleon
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noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Clite
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- teno-
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- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Close
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noun,
the act of closing.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- clots
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noun,
a mass or lump.
- telo-
-
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cine-
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- coel-
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- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- 30-30
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- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toles
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ceils
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- celts
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noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- cetin
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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.
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
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- CENTO
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Cesti
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noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telos
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noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- cont.
-
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- socle
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- licet
-
- Solti
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noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- coset
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noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- coils
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Const
-
- stole
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noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Cons.
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- lotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Coles
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Lois
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noun,
a female given name.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Nile
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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.
- nest
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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.
- nos-
-
- noes
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Loti
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noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- NCTE
-
- Neil
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lone
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adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Lose
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Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
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Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- neo-
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- 1080
-
- nose
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noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- tel-
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- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- sone
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noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- Ste.
-
- STOL
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noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ten.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- not-
-
- otic
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adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Oct.
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ont.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- sec.
-
- sent
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- SINE
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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.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SLIC
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- ile-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Inc.
-
- enl.
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- Ceto
-
- cet-
-
- itol
-
- cen.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enc.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Col.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Con.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cts.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- Cels
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- 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.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lin.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- 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:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lit.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- 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.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ec-
-
- EIS
-
- eo-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SLE
-
- NCO
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Esc
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CSO
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LOC
-
- Clo
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- LON
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CLI
-
- TCS
-
- cle
-
- 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.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- cte
-
- STL
-
- STI
-
- LSC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- St.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- TSE
-
- 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).
- CST
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ESL
-
- Lt.
-
- TSI
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NOC
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CIE
-
- OIt
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- cs.
-
- OCS
-
- OTC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Oc.
-
- ct.
-
- NSC
-
- ist
-
- CEO
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ONI
-
- ons
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- cl.
-
- TLC
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Les
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- se-
-
- tlo
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- il-
-
- Co.
-
- ot-
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- ose
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ILS
-
- ote
-
- sc.
-
- ILO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OTS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- So.
-
- CE
-
- TN
-
- TL
-
- ln
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- N.
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- le
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- 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.
- O.
-
- ol
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- S.
-
- SL
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SN
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TC
-
- ic
-