Anagrams of luminances
Word luminances has
812 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of luminances.
- luminance
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noun,
the state or quality of being luminous.
- calumnies
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noun,
a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something:
- Masculine
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noun,
the masculine gender.
- clansmen
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noun,
a member of a clan.
- linesman
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noun,
Sports.
an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- Linnaeus
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noun,
Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- musicale
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noun,
a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- Lucianne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aesculin
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noun,
esculin.
- melanins
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noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- lunacies
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noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- malices
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noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- lineman
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noun,
Also, linesman. a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- nuncles
-
noun,
uncle.
- Nemunas
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noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- melanic
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adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- almuces
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noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- macules
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noun,
mackle.
- nuances
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noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- melanin
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noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- lensman
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noun,
a photographer.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- unlaces
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- unclean
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adjective,
not clean; dirty.
- Mencius
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noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- uncials
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noun,
an uncial letter.
- musical
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noun,
Also called musical comedy. a play or motion picture in which the story line is interspersed with or developed by songs, dances, and the like.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- launces
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noun,
sand lance.
- acumens
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noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- Mannie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- mucins
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noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- Anselm
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noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- Mannes
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noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- miscue
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noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- minces
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- melan-
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- Cannes
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- canine
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- mescal
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noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- Caelum
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noun,
the Sculptor's Tool, or Chisel, a small southern constellation between Columba and Eridanus.
- mascle
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noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- camise
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- mensal
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adjective,
monthly.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Manuel
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noun,
a male given name.
- claims
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noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- insane
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adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Launce
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noun,
sand lance.
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- insula
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noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- cuneal
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adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- inanes
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Ennius
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noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- ennuis
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noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Leucas
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noun,
Levkas.
- cumins
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noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- malice
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noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- lumine
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verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- cesium
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- macule
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noun,
mackle.
- macles
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noun,
chiastolite.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- muesli
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noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- clause
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noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- lumens
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noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- cleans
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- Lucias
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Lucian
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noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cnemis
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noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Luanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- linums
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- annuls
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verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- Muncie
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noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- numis.
-
- nances
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noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nanism
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noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- aecium
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noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- amicus
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noun,
a philanthropist.
- amices
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- nuance
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noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nuclei
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noun,
plural of nucleus.
- numina
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noun,
plural of numen.
- alumni
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noun,
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- ancile
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noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- alumin
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- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- nuncle
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noun,
uncle.
- almuce
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noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Samuel
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noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
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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.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Alcuin
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noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- acumen
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noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- sienna
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- muscle
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noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- unnail
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- unlace
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- acinus
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noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- animus
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noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- unmans
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Musial
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noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- uncial
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noun,
an uncial letter.
- unseam
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verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- uncase
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- muslin
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noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- unseal
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verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- usance
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noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- limas
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noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lucan
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noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- limen
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- limns
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verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- ileum
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noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- 30-30
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- linac
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- Linus
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- simul
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinan
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noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- linns
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noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Linum
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- sinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Liman
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noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- inane
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Sunna
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noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ulans
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noun,
uhlan.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- uncia
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noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- laces
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lames
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noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamus
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noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- Sunni
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noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Sumac
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noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- leuc-
-
- Lucas
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noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incl.
-
- Lenca
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Lenin
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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.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- unman
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Melia
-
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minn.
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- semi-
-
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- munic
-
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- masc.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- male-
-
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- nuci-
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Icel.
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alum.
-
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- clase
-
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Ecua.
-
- amin-
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- caus.
-
- encl.
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- emuls
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- muc-
-
- asc-
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MNAS
-
- MSAE
-
- MSCE
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- msec
-
- MSIE
-
- ANSI
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Cal.
-
- Man.
-
- mun.
-
- MALS
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- mis-
-
- Can.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Aus.
-
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- min.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- men-
-
- ASME
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- meas
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- SLIC
-
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- AIME
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Sem.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- sec.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ACLS
-
- USNA
-
- USMC
-
- USMA
-
- USIA
-
- USCA
-
- uni-
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLU
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- ann.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- AMLS
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- ance
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- mus.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- 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).
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Alis
-
- Saml
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Sam.
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amus
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- 1080
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- emia
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- lin.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Inc.
-
- cule
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- enc.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- enl.
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- cml.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lam.
-
- ELAS
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lani
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ins.
-
- ile-
-
- inae
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- cis-
-
- ical
-
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- cen.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Cels
-
- mal-
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Ens.
-
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Ice.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- USM
-
- eu-
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- sc.
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- La.
-
- IUS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ium
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- SNU
-
- SCM
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- se-
-
- ALM
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Isl
-
- SAE
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- USA
-
- il-
-
- ae.
-
- ALU
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ESU
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ESA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- USN
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- AEC
-
- ESL
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SMA
-
- ILS
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- IAS
-
- unc
-
- AIC
-
- en-
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SLA
-
- AMC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SLE
-
- in.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ial
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- uns
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- USC
-
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- Ia.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ACS
-
- al.
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ine
-
- an.
-
- AUC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Une
-
- ics
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CEA
-
- AME
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- LSM
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ASU
-
- ASN
-
- CNN
-
- CNS
-
- ASM
-
- CSA
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CNM
-
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- 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.
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- NUM
-
- MNS
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- MIE
-
- Esc
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- CIA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- CIE
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- CIM
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MCI
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MSC
-
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- CMA
-
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cle
-
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- CLI
-
- CLU
-
- ca.
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- LIM
-
- MNE
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LCM
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- AMU
-
- NES
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- LCI
-
- ECM
-
- LCA
-
- EIS
-
- NMI
-
- NMU
-
- NNE
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- NUL
-
- ne-
-
- AMS
-
- ECA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- ea.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ANC
-
- ec-
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- N.
-
- LM
-
- 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.
- UC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
-
- SL
-
- NL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- U.
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SU
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EI
-
- NM
-
- i.
-
- UI
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UL
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- CU
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- CE
-
- CM
-
- ln
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- le
-
- SN
-
- NI
-
- MN
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- LC
-
- ic
-
- NC
-