Anagrams of liquefactions
Word liquefactions has
2103 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of liquefactions.
- liquefaction
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noun,
the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loquacities
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noun,
the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- equinoctial
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noun,
celestial equator.
- cinquefoils
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptans (creeping cinquefoil) of the Old World, or P. argentea (silvery cinquefoil) of North America.
- felicitous
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adjective,
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate:
- licentious
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adjective,
sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- inosculate
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite by openings, as arteries in anastomosis.
- quintefoil
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noun,
cinquefoil (def 2).
- inoculates
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verb (used with object),
to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- quantifies
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verb (used with object),
to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- cinquefoil
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptans (creeping cinquefoil) of the Old World, or P. argentea (silvery cinquefoil) of North America.
- tiliaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Tiliaceae, the linden family of plants.
- unifoliate
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adjective,
having only one leaf.
- infectious
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adjective,
communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another:
- socialite
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noun,
a socially prominent person.
- qualities
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noun,
an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute:
- conflates
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verb (used with object),
to fuse into one entity; merge:
- faunistic
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adjective,
of or relating to the geographical distribution of animal life.
- falconets
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noun,
any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- faculties
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noun,
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
- equations
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noun,
the act of equating or making equal; equalization:
- facetious
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adjective,
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- sulfonate
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noun,
an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- consulate
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noun,
the premises officially occupied by a consul.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- cotqueans
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noun,
Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- quintiles
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noun,
Statistics. a quantile for the special case of five equal proportions.
- qualifies
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verb (used with object),
to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent:
- infuscate
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adjective,
darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- tenacious
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adjective,
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
- inoculate
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verb (used with object),
to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- flections
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noun,
the act of bending.
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- quinielas
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noun,
quinella.
- quantiles
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noun,
one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- fictional
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adjective,
invented as part of a work of fiction:
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- no-fault
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noun,
Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- quintile
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noun,
Statistics. a quantile for the special case of five equal proportions.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- unifaces
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noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- aquiline
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adjective,
(of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked.
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- coequals
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noun,
a coequal person or thing.
- cleanout
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noun,
an act of cleaning out.
- antilife
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adjective,
antagonistic or indifferent to a normal life.
- Anicetus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- noctules
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noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- quantile
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noun,
one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- quintics
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noun,
a quantity of the fifth degree.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- quantics
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noun,
a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- quintals
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- outfaces
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- outflies
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in flying, especially in speed or distance:
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- outlines
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- quiniela
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noun,
quinella.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- question
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noun,
a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- Quantico
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noun,
a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- conflate
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verb (used with object),
to fuse into one entity; merge:
- cutlines
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- confutes
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verb (used with object),
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove:
- inquiets
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verb (used with object),
to destroy the peace of; disturb; disquiet.
- fication
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- isocline
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noun,
a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- filiates
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verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- finalist
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noun,
a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- fine-cut
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adjective,
cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut):
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- flection
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noun,
the act of bending.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- flounces
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noun,
an act or instance of flouncing; a flouncing movement.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- inflicts
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verb (used with object),
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
- 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:
- folacins
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noun,
folic acid.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- tinfoils
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- funicles
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noun,
the stalk of an ovule or seed.
- tequilas
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noun,
a strong liquor from Mexico, distilled from fermented mash of an agave.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- lactones
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- Conquest
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noun,
the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Consuela
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- coquinas
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noun,
Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
- cotquean
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noun,
Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- counties
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noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- tunicles
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- sulfonic
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adjective,
sulfo.
- lunatics
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunacies
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noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- lacunose
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adjective,
full of or having lacunae.
- liquates
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verb (used with object),
to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- line-out
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noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- equation
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noun,
the act of equating or making equal; equalization:
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- factious
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adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- falconet
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noun,
any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- Coquelin
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noun,
Benoît Constant [buh-nwa kawn-stahn] /bəˈnwa kɔ̃ˈstɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, French actor.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- silicone
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noun,
any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Alcinous
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noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- aliquots
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noun,
an aliquot part.
- acuities
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noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- aesculin
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noun,
esculin.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- folates
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noun,
folic acid.
- infects
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- olefins
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- cinques
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noun,
the five at dice, cards, etc.
- folacin
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noun,
folic acid.
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- inflect
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verb (used with object),
to modulate (the voice).
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- claques
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noun,
a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- inflict
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verb (used with object),
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- liquate
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verb (used with object),
to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- outline
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- filiate
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verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- 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.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Equanil
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- tinfoil
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- outface
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- Iquitos
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noun,
a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon.
- Fonseca
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noun,
Gulf of, a bay of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America, bordered by El Salvador on the W, Honduras on the NE, and Nicaragua on the S. About 700 sq. mi. (1800 sq. km).
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- finials
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noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- nifties
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noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- cuisine
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noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Sno-Cat
-
- sulfone
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing the bivalent group –SO 2 –, united with two hydrocarbon groups.
- confuse
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verb (used with object),
to perplex or bewilder:
- confute
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verb (used with object),
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove:
- tunicle
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- acetous
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adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- flacons
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noun,
a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
- Sequoia
-
noun,
either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- contuse
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verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- coquets
-
noun,
Obsolete. a male flirt.
- coquina
-
noun,
Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
- AFL-CIO
-
- Tuonela
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noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- sulfate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Aetolus
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noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- flaunts
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- sulfite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- 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.
- Clifton
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- fistula
-
noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- loquats
-
noun,
a small evergreen tree, Eriobotrya japonica, native to China and Japan, cultivated as an ornamental and for its yellow, plumlike fruit.
- finical
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adjective,
finicky.
- finites
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noun,
something that is finite.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- cloques
-
noun,
an embossed or quilted fabric.
Compare matelassé.
- Cloquet
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noun,
a town in NE Minnesota.
- nucleo-
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- inutile
-
adjective,
of no use or service.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- Seconal
-
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Nilotic
-
noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- inulase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- flounce
-
noun,
an act or instance of flouncing; a flouncing movement.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- cutline
-
noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- lunatic
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- inquest
-
noun,
a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
- coequal
-
noun,
a coequal person or thing.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- cofinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a subset of a set with a partial order relation, as “greater than” or “equal to,” in which corresponding to each element in the set is an element in the subset that is in relation to the given element.
- inquiet
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy the peace of; disturb; disquiet.
- noctule
-
noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- luteins
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- isation
-
- counsel
-
noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- quinces
-
noun,
either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- quinols
-
noun,
hydroquinone.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- quinoas
-
noun,
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- faction
-
noun,
a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
- silique
-
noun,
the long two-valved seed vessel or pod of plants belonging to the mustard family.
- facient
-
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- fiances
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- quinate
-
adjective,
arranged in groups of five.
- fictile
-
adjective,
capable of being molded.
- uncoils
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- acquits
-
verb (used with object),
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- silicon
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- Salique
-
adjective,
Salic.
- unclose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- fiction
-
noun,
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- asquint
-
adverb, adjective,
with an oblique glance or squint; askance; slyly; dubiously.
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- fustian
-
noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latinus
-
noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- uniface
-
noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Faneuil
-
noun,
Peter, 1700–43, American merchant: builder of Faneuil Hall.
- unifies
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become a single unit; unite:
- launces
-
noun,
sand lance.
- fancies
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- aliquot
-
noun,
an aliquot part.
- antique
-
noun,
any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
- faucets
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- quintic
-
noun,
a quantity of the fifth degree.
- falcons
-
noun,
any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- quintes
-
noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- actino-
-
- siliqua
-
noun,
a silver coin of the later Roman Empire, the 24th part of a solidus, first issued by Constantine.
- quintal
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- funicle
-
noun,
the stalk of an ovule or seed.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- fascine
-
noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- acquest
-
noun,
property acquired other than by inheritance, as by purchase or gift.
- canfuls
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- caiques
-
noun,
a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.
- Fulanis
-
noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- Caitlin
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- unlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- Ictinus
-
noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- Lecuona
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- calques
-
noun,
a loan translation, especially one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula.
- quantic
-
noun,
a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- Felicia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “happy.”.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- festuca
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- tequila
-
noun,
a strong liquor from Mexico, distilled from fermented mash of an agave.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- 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.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- fistic
-
adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- itious
-
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Lucite
-
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- acquit
-
verb (used with object),
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- 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:
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- acious
-
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- cteno-
-
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- luteo-
-
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- lacto-
-
- flacon
-
noun,
a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Tuinal
-
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Lieut.
-
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- 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.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- toques
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- leuco-
-
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- 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.
- equant
-
adjective,
(of a crystal) having all axes of the same length (opposed to anisometric).
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- equals
-
noun,
a person or thing that is equal.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- loquat
-
noun,
a small evergreen tree, Eriobotrya japonica, native to China and Japan, cultivated as an ornamental and for its yellow, plumlike fruit.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- 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.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- 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.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- actin-
-
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- 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.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- sinful
-
adjective,
characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked:
- Falcon
-
noun,
any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- finial
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- calque
-
noun,
a loan translation, especially one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- quaint
-
adjective,
having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque:
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- canful
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- Fulani
-
noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- Calif.
-
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- quants
-
noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- quasi-
-
- caique
-
noun,
a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.
- queans
-
noun,
an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- Fulton
-
noun,
Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- funest
-
adjective,
boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.
- quiets
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- quilts
-
noun,
a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- 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.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- celto-
-
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- casque
-
noun,
an open, conical helmet with a nose guard, commonly used in the medieval period.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- Quince
-
noun,
either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- antiq.
-
- futons
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- quotes
-
noun,
a quotation.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- Iletin
-
- sacque
-
noun,
sack1 (def 6).
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- aniso-
-
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- 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.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- quoits
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- 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.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- quino-
-
- quinoa
-
noun,
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- quinol
-
noun,
hydroquinone.
- scato-
-
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- quint-
-
- Quinta
-
noun,
an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- quinte
-
noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- unfact
-
noun,
a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- unific
-
adjective,
unifying; uniting:
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- UNICEF
-
noun,
United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- quints
-
noun,
an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- fusion
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- quoins
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Aquilo
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of the north wind.
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- centi-
-
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- aceto-
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- flouts
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- 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.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- fluent
-
adjective,
spoken or written with ease:
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- cloque
-
noun,
an embossed or quilted fabric.
Compare matelassé.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- steno-
-
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- colent
-
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- senufo
-
noun,
a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- sequin
-
noun,
a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- flaunt
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- coquet
-
noun,
Obsolete. a male flirt.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- clique
-
noun,
a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- cleans
-
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- claque
-
noun,
a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- 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.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- 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:
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- cinque
-
noun,
the five at dice, cards, etc.
- squint
-
noun,
an act or instance of squinting.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- squeal
-
noun,
a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clino-
-
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- aceous
-
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- infula
-
noun,
one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- icons
-
- inst.
-
- istic
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ician
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- insol
-
- incl.
-
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- init.
-
- 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.
- teno-
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Sino-
-
- telo-
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- ileo-
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ilio-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- sito-
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- OIcel
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- squat
-
noun,
the act or fact of squatting.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- nuci-
-
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ocul-
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- octa-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- quot.
-
- quota
-
noun,
the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- quote
-
noun,
a quotation.
- 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.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- quoit
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- sanit
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- 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.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- quoin
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- quean
-
noun,
an overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Quail
-
noun,
a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- quale
-
noun,
a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- Scot.
-
- Quant
-
noun,
Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- ques.
-
- quits
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- quest
-
noun,
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- quiet
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- quilt
-
noun,
a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- quin-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- quite
-
adverb,
completely, wholly, or entirely:
- Quito
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9348 feet (2849 meters) above sea level.
- sect.
-
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Ital.
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- 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.
- leuc-
-
- licet
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ition
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lact-
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Icel.
-
- 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.
- naso-
-
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- naut.
-
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- sulf-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- neut.
-
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- self-
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- noct-
-
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- seti-
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- ante-
-
- 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.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- cine-
-
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- ulent
-
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- 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:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- 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.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Unit.
-
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- ation
-
- clase
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- ecol.
-
- 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.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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: ¢.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- econ.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- caus.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Ecua.
-
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- ecto-
-
- encl.
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Aust.
-
- toque
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- equal
-
noun,
a person or thing that is equal.
- auto.
-
- equi-
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tonia
-
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ento-
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- calef
-
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- UNCIO
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- 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.
- flout
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- focal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a focus.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- colat
-
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- afoul
-
Idioms,
run / come / fall afoul of,
to become entangled with:
to come into conflict with:
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- conf.
-
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- 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.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- USLTA
-
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- Const
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- acet-
-
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- futon
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coel-
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- IATSE
-
- 30-30
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- actos
-
- tious
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 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.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Fount
-
noun,
a spring of water; fountain.
- FSLIC
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Cons.
-
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- filos
-
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- TOEFL
-
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- feti-
-
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- 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.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- 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.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- cont.
-
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Soni
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- not-
-
- cen.
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- cit.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Oct.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Ste.
-
- cet-
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- ole-
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Ceto
-
- NTIA
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ulto
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- cis-
-
- Ice.
-
- Cels
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- USCA
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- AFSC
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- AISI
-
- sec.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alco
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alis
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 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.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- 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.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- ACLS
-
- USIA
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- USNA
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ACLU
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- USTC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- qto.
-
- UNEF
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Que.
-
- quat
-
- Cal.
-
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CanF
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Aus.
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- soln
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- qats
-
noun,
kat.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- aut-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ant.
-
- alt.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ano-
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- uni-
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- quit
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- quos
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANTU
-
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Lani
-
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- lea.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- itis
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- itol
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- 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.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- fec.
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: 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.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- 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.
- Esq.
-
- eso-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- FACS
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- fac.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- infl
-
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- tion
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Inf.
-
- fol.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- FOIA
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- ile-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ical
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- 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.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Inc.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- fut.
-
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- inae
-
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- tel-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ten.
-
- Fin.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- filt
-
- 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.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- fict
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- FICA
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ious
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- 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.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- int.
-
- Fla.
-
- 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.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- 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 = .
- eous
-
- est.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- cts.
-
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cule
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- 1080
-
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- eco-
-
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- 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.
- Col.
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- 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.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- ICAO
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- NCTE
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- neo-
-
- Con.
-
- 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.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- enl.
-
- 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.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- loq.
-
- ELAS
-
- enc.
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- liq.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- 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.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Tues
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- EFTA
-
- 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:
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ens.
-
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Une
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- suf
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- UFC
-
- uti
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- TIA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- USO
-
- UTC
-
- 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.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- STL
-
- STI
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- tue
-
- SQA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ult
-
- Sq.
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- uns
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- UNO
-
- TCA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- unc
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tu.
-
- UIT
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- USN
-
- TLC
-
- UAE
-
- tlo
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- 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.
- USC
-
- USA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SOF
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- SNU
-
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- TAL
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SLE
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESU
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- fo.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAO
-
- FAQ
-
noun,
a document, in question and answer format, that introduces newcomers to a topic or answers common questions.
- 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.
- FCA
-
- FCS
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- eq.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Fia
-
- ECF
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EOF
-
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EIS
-
- 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.
- en-
-
- FET
-
- fic
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IFC
-
- SLA
-
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- io-
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- IOC
-
- IOF
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- Ia.
-
- ITU
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FIO
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fl.
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FOS
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- FOT
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- FSA
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- ics
-
- eo-
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- IOU
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALU
-
- ANC
-
- ANF
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- AOU
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- 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.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ASU
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ac-
-
- Af.
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- AUC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- AIC
-
- AEC
-
- AEF
-
- aeq
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AFC
-
- AFL
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ast
-
- at.
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CIF
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- CLU
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CIA
-
- CSA
-
- CSF
-
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CIE
-
- cfs
-
- ATC
-
- ct.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- CAF
-
- cf.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CFO
-
- CAI
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CEA
-
- CEF
-
- CEO
-
- CFA
-
- CFI
-
- CFL
-
- IOT
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NFC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- qaf
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a uvular stop consonant sound.
- NLF
-
- ISA
-
- qat
-
noun,
kat.
- QIS
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- 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:
- NSC
-
- NES
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ql.
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NSF
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- QSO
-
- NCO
-
- qu.
-
- qua
-
adverb,
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- So.
-
- of-
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- ONF
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- OTS
-
- OIt
-
- 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
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NUL
-
- OCS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTC
-
- OSF
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- QEF
-
- qt.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- seq
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- LCI
-
- LCF
-
- LCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Sfc
-
- LaF
-
- 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).
- Les
-
- 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).
- Lt.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- La.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IUS
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LCT
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SCF
-
- SAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- LTA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sc.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOC
-
- LON
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- se-
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Lif
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- QC
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- QA
-
noun,
an exchange of questions and answers.
- 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.
- QN
-
- AQ
-
- 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.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SN
-
- AO
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- QF
-
- Q.
-
- SF
-
- QE
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- i.
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FE
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- LF
-
- TN
-
- TL
-
- fn
-
- le
-
- ic
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- IQ
-
- TC
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- FC
-
- 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.
- ol
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- UL
-
- UI
-
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- UC
-
- U.
-
- CQ
-
- O.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CU
-
- NL
-
- N.
-
- SU
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NI
-
- NF
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- t.
-
- T1
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.