Anagrams of materialisms
Word materialisms has
1157 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of materialisms.
- materialism
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noun,
preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- alarmists
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- marialite
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noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- materials
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- lamisters
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noun,
lamster.
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- serialism
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noun,
twelve-tone technique.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- Semiramis
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noun,
a legendary Assyrian queen, the wife of Ninus and founder of Babylon, noted for her wisdom and beauty.
- Listerism
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noun,
an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- mistrials
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- mismates
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verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- almemars
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noun,
bimah.
- mistimes
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verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- melismas
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noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- lamsters
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- mistrals
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- Semitism
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noun,
Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
- imamates
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- alarmist
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- maltases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- Israelis
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- Islamism
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noun,
the religion or culture of Islam.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- malaises
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- slammers
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noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- salaries
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noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- material
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- Maritime
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adjective,
connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- stammers
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noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- stammrel
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adjective, noun,
staumrel.
- elitisms
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- marmites
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- airmails
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- trammels
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- trilemma
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noun,
a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
- realisms
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tarsals
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noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- tarsias
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noun,
intarsia.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- ramstam
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noun,
a stubborn or thoughtless person.
- maltase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Salamis
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noun,
an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- amritas
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- slammer
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noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- imamate
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- slimmer
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noun,
a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- miasmas
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noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- tamales
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noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- marital
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- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- tammies
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noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- Larissa
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noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- artless
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adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Marmite
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- merisis
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noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- stammer
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noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- samlets
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noun,
a young salmon.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armless
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adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- Melissa
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- melisma
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noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- Laramie
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noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- aimless
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adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- Raamses
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noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- tsarism
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noun,
czarism.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- Imamite
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noun,
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- aliases
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noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- similes
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- tsimmes
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noun,
tzimmes.
- malaise
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- simmers
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noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- limmers
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noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- mistime
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verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- almemar
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noun,
bimah.
- Martial
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noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- matrass
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noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- mimesis
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noun,
Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- Trammel
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- malates
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- Almeria
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noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- atlases
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noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- mismate
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verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- airmail
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- missile
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noun,
an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- Lamaism
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noun,
the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- steams
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- masais
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noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- masers
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Elissa
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noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- steals
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Ramses
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noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Elmira
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noun,
a city in S central New York.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- slimes
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noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Italia
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noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- raises
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- simile
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- malate
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- malars
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noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- sitars
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- maists
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Maisie
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noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- simmer
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noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- Simmel
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noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- simars
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- slates
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- aaliis
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noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- smears
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- smiles
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noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smelts
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noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- smarts
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- ramate
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adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- smarms
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noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- marais
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noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- smalts
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noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Mamers
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noun,
Mars.
- salmis
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noun,
salmi.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- stemma
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noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Tassie
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noun,
tass.
- Amelia
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noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- remiss
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adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- limits
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- amimia
-
noun,
the inability to express ideas by means of gestures or signs.
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- milit.
-
- tassel
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noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Miriam
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noun,
the sister of Moses and Aaron. Num. 26:59.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- tarsia
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noun,
intarsia.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- miasma
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noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- latria
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- reatas
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noun,
riata.
- Arista
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noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- aisles
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- limmer
-
noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- alarms
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noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- leasts
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- alates
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noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- matri-
-
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Miamis
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- metal.
-
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Lammas
-
noun,
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- 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.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Miss.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- mesas
-
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.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- sails
-
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.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- male-
-
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Melia
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- matr-
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- mast-
-
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- asst.
-
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- aeri-
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aemia
-
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- treas
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Alas.
-
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- tears
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Amer.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alta.
-
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Srta.
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Simms
-
noun,
William Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1806–70, U.S. author.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- semi-
-
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- seti-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Ital.
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- simas
-
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.
- imit.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- IATSE
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Sat.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Saml
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ter.
-
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sem.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tri-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- SASE
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- str.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- rit.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- SMSA
-
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- RIIA
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tasm
-
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 1080
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- 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.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- asis
-
- ASME
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- AMLS
-
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- lit.
-
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- mal-
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- ELAS
-
- IATA
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IAEA
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- ESIS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- ASSR
-
- ates
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ASTM
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- itis
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- 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.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- 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.
- Ala.
-
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- 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).
- mil.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- 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.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- mem.
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- AISI
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- mrem
-
- MSTS
-
- MSME
-
- MSIE
-
- aer-
-
- MSEM
-
- MSAM
-
- MSAE
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Amal
-
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Alis
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- meas
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 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.
- ASI
-
- ae.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- AEA
-
- Aar
-
- ASM
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- EIS
-
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- eir
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sta
-
- AAM
-
- SSA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SRS
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ss.
-
- AIA
-
- SSE
-
- AAE
-
- al.
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSR
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- SST
-
- Ar.
-
- St.
-
- ase
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- at.
-
- AME
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EMR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ATA
-
- TIA
-
- TAL
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ARS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ast
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ALM
-
- tlr
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- STI
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- AMS
-
- 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.
- STM
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- EAA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- ea.
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- STL
-
- EAM
-
- Isl
-
- Sr.
-
- RSE
-
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSA
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- Rs.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LST
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SAR
-
- LMT
-
- LSI
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- LSS
-
- LTA
-
- MAA
-
- ltr
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MM.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- 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.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- mi.
-
- se-
-
- MST
-
- 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.
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MSI
-
- MSM
-
- Mt.
-
- MRE
-
- MTI
-
- MTS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- MRI
-
- MRA
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- 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.
- MIE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MIT
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- MME
-
- MMT
-
- REA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LSM
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- SLA
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- SLE
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ise
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- LIM
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ist
-
- ESL
-
- SMS
-
- EMT
-
- SMM
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- ial
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETR
-
- SMA
-
- SLR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ISR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TSS
-
- Lt.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ite
-
- La.
-
- ITA
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- RI
-
- 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.
- LM
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LR
-
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TM
-
- L1
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L2
-
- SM
-
- TL
-
- SL
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- M.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SA
-
- S.
-
- i.
-
- L.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- EI
-