Anagrams of lord-lieutenant
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- in-and-outer
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noun,
a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- trundletail
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noun,
a dog with a curly tail.
- interdental
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adjective,
between teeth.
- trade-union
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noun,
a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.
- ill-natured
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adjective,
having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- nonliterate
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adjective,
preliterate.
- tenderloin
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noun,
(in beef or pork) the tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs.
- adulterine
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adjective,
characterized by adulteration; spurious.
- Tertullian
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noun,
(Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
- delineator
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noun,
a person or thing that delineates.
- lieutenant
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noun,
Military.
first lieutenant.
second lieutenant.
- in-and-out
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noun,
Manège. an obstacle consisting of two fences placed too far apart to be cleared in one jump and too close together to allow more than one or two strides between.
- intolerant
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noun,
an intolerant person; bigot.
- all-in-one
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noun,
an undergarment that combines a girdle and brassiere in one piece.
- ill-treat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- Neo-Latin
-
noun,
New Latin.
- undertone
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noun,
a low or subdued tone:
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- undertint
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noun,
a subdued tint.
- unaltered
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adjective,
not altered, changed, or modified:
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- internat.
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- indenture
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noun,
a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- interlude
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noun,
an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- internode
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noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- Uniondale
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noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- tellurite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of tellurous acid, as sodium tellurite, Na 2 TeO 3 .
- tellurion
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noun,
an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
- Telluride
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noun,
a binary compound of tellurium with an electropositive element or group.
- denitrate
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verb (used with object),
Chemistry. to free from nitric acid or nitrates; remove oxides of nitrogen from.
- all-round
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adjective,
all-around.
- tellurian
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noun,
an inhabitant of the earth.
- tellurate
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noun,
a salt of a telluric acid, as of H 2 TeO or H 6 TeO 6 .
- rutilated
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adjective,
containing fine, embedded needles of rutile.
- lineolate
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adjective,
marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- unlearned
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adjective,
not learned; not scholarly or erudite.
- retention
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- underline
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noun,
Printing. a caption under an illustration.
- Uitlander
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noun,
a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- turned-on
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adjective,
lively and chic; switched-on.
- dentation
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noun,
the state or form of being dentate.
- outlander
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noun,
a foreigner; alien.
- detention
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noun,
the act of detaining.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- tree-toad
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noun,
tree frog.
- do-little
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noun,
a lazy person; one who does little but does not admit to it.
- andouille
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noun,
a spicy, smoked pork sausage, with garlic and Cajun seasonings.
- elutriate
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verb (used with object),
to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- trinodal
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adjective,
having three nodes or joints.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- ultranet
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noun,
a net in a topological space that is residually in every set or its complement in the space.
- deuteron
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noun,
a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and a neutron, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of deuterium.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- deutero-
-
- detonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- tutorial
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noun,
a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- antirent
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- antidote
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noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- trotline
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- landline
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noun,
a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- latitude
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noun,
Geography.
the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
a place or region as marked by this distance.
- tear-out
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adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- endurant
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adjective,
capable of enduring hardship, misfortune, or the like.
- lentando
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adjective,
becoming slower.
- inundate
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- etiolate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- idolater
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- douanier
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noun,
a customs officer or official.
- underlet
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verb (used with object),
to let below the true value.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- underlie
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verb (used with object),
to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- unaneled
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adjective,
not having received extreme unction.
- underlit
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adjective,
lacking adequate light.
- tolerate
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- duration
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noun,
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- Danielle
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noun,
a female given name.
- tortilla
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noun,
a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- tourelle
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noun,
a turret.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- dotterel
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noun,
any of several plovers usually inhabiting upland areas, especially Eudromias morinellus, of Europe and Asia.
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- indolent
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adjective,
having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful:
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- inlander
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noun,
a person living inland.
- teratoid
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adjective,
resembling a monster.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- unearned
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adjective,
not received in exchange for labor or services; not gained by lawful work or employment.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- aureolin
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noun,
a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- internet
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noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- datolite
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noun,
a mineral, calcium and boron silicate, CaB(SiO 4)(OH), usually occurring in rock cavities in the form of colorless, prismatic crystals.
- dolerite
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noun,
a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- intorted
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adjective,
twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound:
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- talented
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adjective,
having talent or special ability; gifted.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- littoral
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noun,
a littoral region.
- Londrina
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noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- allottee
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noun,
a person to whom something is allotted.
- roundlet
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noun,
a small circle or circular object.
- roulette
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noun,
a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
- lunation
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- rondelle
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noun,
a small disk of glass used as an ornament in a stained-glass window.
- rondelet
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- luteolin
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noun,
a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- aleurone
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noun,
protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
- untitled
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adjective,
without a title:
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- ritenuto
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adverb, adjective,
(of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- Alouette
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noun,
French. a lark.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- nonideal
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adjective,
(of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- renitent
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adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- Adrienne
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Adrian.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- nutrient
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noun,
a nutrient substance.
- redolent
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adjective,
having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- oeillade
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noun,
an amorous glance; ogle.
- old-line
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adjective,
following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- oleander
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noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- outtrade
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- rutilant
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adjective,
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- denature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- tailored
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tailleur
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noun,
a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- altitude
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noun,
the height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.
- 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.
- landler
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noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- reladle
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verb (used with object),
to mix (molten alloy steel) by pouring from ladle to ladle.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Durante
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noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- tortile
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adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- dunnite
-
noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- Leonard
-
noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- dourine
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- Leonine
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adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- Torelli
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- norland
-
noun,
northland.
- Noludar
-
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- titular
-
noun,
a person who bears a title.
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- Elliott
-
noun,
Herb(ert James) born 1938, Australian track athlete.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- readout
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noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- toluate
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noun,
a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
- toluene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- Detroit
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- let-out
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noun,
Chiefly British. a means of escape; loophole.
- detinue
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noun,
an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.
- outtell
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in telling; surpass in effect:
- outdare
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- outdate
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete:
- outlaid
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noun,
an expending or spending, as of money.
- outland
-
noun,
Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces:
- denture
-
noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- dentate
-
adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- deuter-
-
- Tardieu
-
noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- leotard
-
noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- trident
-
noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- dilator
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- diurnal
-
noun,
Liturgy. a service book containing offices for the daily hours of prayer.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- dinette
-
noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- diluent
-
noun,
a diluting substance.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- end-all
-
noun,
the ultimate purpose, object, or conclusion:
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- nodular
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- Lunette
-
noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- roulade
-
noun,
a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- launder
-
noun,
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- tenured
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Laureen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- rondeau
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- Rolland
-
noun,
Romain [raw-man] /rɔˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, French novelist, music critic, and dramatist: Nobel prize 1915.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- roundel
-
noun,
something round or circular.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Leander
-
noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- rundlet
-
noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- lanolin
-
noun,
a fatty substance, extracted from wool, used in ointments, cosmetics, waterproof coatings, etc.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- ladrone
-
noun,
a thief.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Lorelei
-
noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Iredell
-
noun,
James, 1751–99, associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790–99.
- Nalline
-
- nanduti
-
noun,
a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- Rutland
-
noun,
a city in W Vermont.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- erudite
-
adjective,
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- Taunton
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- Tallinn
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entitle
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- neutro-
-
- lindane
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tetrode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- outline
-
noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Delaine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- trunnel
-
noun,
treenail.
- dariole
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- Darlene
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- unlearn
-
verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- all-out
-
adjective,
using all one's resources; complete; total:
- annelid
-
noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- trundle
-
noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- annulet
-
noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- antero-
-
- Arundel
-
noun,
a town in S West Sussex, in S England: castle.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- Allende
-
noun,
Isabel, born 1942, Chilean novelist.
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- aureole
-
noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- ailette
-
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.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- Deloria
-
noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- Utrillo
-
noun,
Maurice [maw-rees;; French maw-rees] /mɔˈris;; French mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, French painter (son of Suzanne Valadon).
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- aliunde
-
adverb, adjective,
not part of or derivable from the document or instrument itself:
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Tuonela
-
noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- auditor
-
noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- lurdan
-
noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- louden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become loud.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- inter.
-
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- luteal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- 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.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- illude
-
verb (used with object),
to deceive or trick.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- luteo-
-
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Luanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- terat-
-
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- 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.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- undone
-
verb,
past participle of undo.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- tetra-
-
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- untold
-
adjective,
not told; not related; not revealed:
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- audile
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- audio-
-
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- ultra-
-
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- neuro-
-
- neurol
-
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- Teuton
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- iatro-
-
- tiered
-
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.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- 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.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- tinned
-
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.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- under-
-
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- 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.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- unload
-
verb (used with object),
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- tauro-
-
- tauted
-
adjective,
(especially of wood or hair) tangled or matted together.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- tauto-
-
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Laurel
-
noun,
Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Compare laurel family.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Lauder
-
noun,
Sir Harry (MacLennan) [muh-klen-uh n] /məˈklɛn ən/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, Scottish balladeer and composer.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- unlead
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- letted
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- andro-
-
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- Lieut.
-
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- aludel
-
noun,
one of a series of pearshaped vessels of earthenware or glass, open at both ends and fitted one above the other, for recovering the sublimates produced during sublimation.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- Linden
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- Lindon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- Leland
-
noun,
a male given name.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Allied
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- unlade
-
verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- tented
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- allude
-
verb (used without object),
to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually followed by to):
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- teleo-
-
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Little
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- unroll
-
verb (used with object),
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- teledu
-
noun,
a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- runnel
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- Landon
-
noun,
Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
- unlaid
-
adjective,
not laid or placed:
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- allure
-
noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- rundle
-
noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- titled
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- dunlin
-
noun,
a common sandpiper, Calidris alpina, that breeds in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- nutlet
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- tuladi
-
noun,
lake trout.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- duello
-
noun,
the practice or art of dueling.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Dallin
-
noun,
Cyrus Earle, 1861–1944, U.S. sculptor.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- radio-
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- adreno
-
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- tuille
-
noun,
a tasset.
- Tuinal
-
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Dillon
-
noun,
C(larence) Douglas, 1909–1979, U.S. lawyer and government official, born in Switzerland: Secretary of the Treasury 1961–65.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- adren-
-
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- do-all
-
noun,
a person employed as a factotum, as the manager of all the affairs of an individual or a business.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- adeno-
-
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Dollar
-
noun,
a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- Odette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- endure
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- tunnel
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- dottle
-
noun,
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nitro-
-
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- nodule
-
noun,
a small node, knot, or knob.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- denti-
-
- outlet
-
noun,
an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- urano-
-
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- Eluard
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Eugène Grindel) 1895–1952, French poet.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- aeron.
-
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- deuto-
-
- Deurne
-
noun,
a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- trullo
-
noun,
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
- Turtle
-
noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- utero-
-
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- detent
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- urino-
-
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- utend
-
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- aden-
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- alto-
-
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- alti-
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- aloud
-
adverb,
with the normal tone and volume of the speaking voice, as distinguished from whisperingly:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- orial
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- rall.
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- ordn.
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nano-
-
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- natl.
-
- reni-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- 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.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- nona-
-
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nitr-
-
- neut.
-
- uran-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- neur-
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- aero-
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeri-
-
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- retd.
-
- naut.
-
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- aldol
-
noun,
Also called acetaldol. a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , formed by the condensation of acetaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber vulcanizers and accelerators, and in perfumery.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- oiled
-
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.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- allo-
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- oidea
-
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- 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.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- 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.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- nudi-
-
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- nullo
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- Lulea
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- Udall
-
noun,
Also called Uvedale. Nicholas, 1505–56, English translator and playwright, especially of comedy.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- 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.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- elude
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:
Synonyms: shun, dodge.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- tonia
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- dalle
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- atto-
-
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Euro-
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiled
-
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.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- auto.
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- endo-
-
- endue
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- ento-
-
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ulent
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- 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.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- dent.
-
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Della
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Delia.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Deut.
-
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- dial.
-
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- dural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the dura mater.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- droll
-
noun,
a droll person; jester; wag.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- dulia
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- toti-
-
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dunno
-
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- treed
-
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.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Teut.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- tera-
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Arnel
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- telo-
-
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Tenn.
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- intr.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Unit.
-
- Ital.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- teno-
-
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- annot
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Iran.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- 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.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- ileo-
-
- ation
-
- anon.
-
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- andr-
-
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- ante-
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- ideo-
-
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- anti-
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Indo-
-
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tele-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- ladle
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- 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.
- uret
-
- uria
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tel-
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- tRNA
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rad.
-
- tron
-
- uro-
-
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- trit
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- taur
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- trid
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tit.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- rit.
-
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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.
- 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.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RONA
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tion
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rel.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tonn
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- uni-
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- ter.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- ulto
-
- 1080
-
- out-
-
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- dia-
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- lea.
-
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- der.
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Den.
-
- Dino
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- 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.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- 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.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- dull
-
adjective,
not sharp; blunt:
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- ette
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- Ind.
-
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- duo-
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELLE
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- end-
-
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dol.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Ire.
-
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- 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.
- iod-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dlr.
-
- itol
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- Doll
-
noun,
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- 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.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- intl
-
- ile-
-
- Ill.
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- 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.
- ord.
-
- aer-
-
- 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).
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- lond
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nor.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- art.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- 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.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- alt.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- all-
-
- ole-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- AInd
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Ald.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ann.
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Ont.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- aet.
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- NTIA
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ANTU
-
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- ant.
-
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- ano-
-
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- att.
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- 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.
- aur-
-
- aut-
-
- neo-
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Ltd.
-
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Danl
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- 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.
- ator
-
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aud.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Aire
-
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- auld
-
adjective,
old.
- 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.
- ae.
-
- ad-
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ea.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- eo-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Ar.
-
- DUI
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- uti
-
- ur-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ead
-
- 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.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ure
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- al.
-
- ETD
-
- ean
-
- an.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- ed.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- DLO
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- do.
-
- Tro
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- di.
-
- DET
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ult
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Tu.
-
- UIT
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- UAE
-
- at.
-
- UAR
-
- DOA
-
- DAE
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- tue
-
- 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.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- DAR
-
- DIL
-
- ARU
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Du.
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- ALU
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- UNO
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Une
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- 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.
- aor
-
- Doi
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- AOU
-
- ard
-
- 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.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- LON
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- 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.
- ONR
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ONI
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- LLD
-
- Ola
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- TAL
-
- ll.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- OIt
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- 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.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ODT
-
- NNE
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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:
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- NUL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NIA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RDA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- REA
-
- OIr
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAD
-
- 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.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NDE
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- NEA
-
- ROA
-
- oid
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- RLD
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- io-
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- 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.
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ERT
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- TID
-
- TIA
-
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Rd.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TNT
-
- EDT
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- tlo
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ier
-
- OED
-
- il-
-
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUD
-
- La.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Lt.
-
- OTA
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Ld.
-
- 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)
- ote
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LDL
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- ite
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ior
-
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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 = .
- IOT
-
- ITA
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- IRO
-
- Re.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- AO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ol
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OA
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TT
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- le
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- DN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TD
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TL
-
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TN
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NI
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- RO
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- ln
-
- ND
-
- Ud
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- U.
-
- dl
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LR
-
- RU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.