Anagrams of literates
Word literates has
1 exact anagrams and 584 other words
that can be made by using the letters of literates.
- laterites
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- laterite
-
noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- strati-
-
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Telstar
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- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- 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.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- settler
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- sterlet
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- trestle
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noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- ailette
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noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- tetras
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noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- attire
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Attlee
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noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- tetra-
-
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- terat-
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- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- taster
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- latest
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- latter
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- estate
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noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- Settle
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noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- setter
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noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- letter
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Lettie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- ratite
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- rattle
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Alette
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- litter
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Littre
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noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- taters
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noun,
potato.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Strait
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- start
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noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Ital.
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- sleet
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- stale
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Srta.
-
- stat.
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- slate
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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.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- seti-
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- Letts
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noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- seral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- titre
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noun,
titer.
- tera-
-
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- alti-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- elate
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adjective,
elated.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- astr.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- treas
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- aeri-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- IATSE
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- ster.
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tit.
-
- tri-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- trit
-
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sra.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Ste.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- ter.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tel-
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 1080
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- 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.
- lea.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ates
-
- att.
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ile-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ette
-
- aer-
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- art.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aet.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- rel.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ARIS
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- alt.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ETS
-
- al.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ETR
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSE
-
- ESR
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- ERT
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ase
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ASI
-
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TIA
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ea.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- at.
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- TTS
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LSI
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TAL
-
- SLA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- se-
-
- LST
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- rt.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rte
-
- LTA
-
- RTS
-
- SAE
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- SAR
-
- ltr
-
- SLE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLR
-
- STL
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sr.
-
- IRL
-
- STI
-
- Ir.
-
- ILS
-
- ist
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ISR
-
- IRS
-
- St.
-
- Lt.
-
- ITA
-
- Sta
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ite
-
- La.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- 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.
- S.
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TT
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
-
- SL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- le
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
-
- R.
-
- L1
-
- TL
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
-
- L.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- i.
-