Anagrams of metroliners
Word metroliners has
1094 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of metroliners.
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- limestone
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noun,
a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- milestone
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noun,
a stone functioning as a milepost.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- rimester
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noun,
rhymester.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- melitose
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noun,
raffinose.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- lorimers
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noun,
a craftsperson who makes hardware for harnesses and riding habits, as bits or spurs.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- mesolite
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noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- miterers
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- triremes
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- Seminole
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noun,
a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- merlons
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- omelets
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- stereo-
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- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- reliers
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- termors
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noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- Melrose
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noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- trireme
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- meletin
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noun,
quercetin.
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- termers
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noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- meltons
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- rentier
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Moliere
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noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- miterer
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- sterno-
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- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- entero-
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- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- 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.
- Lorimer
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noun,
a craftsperson who makes hardware for harnesses and riding habits, as bits or spurs.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- seleno-
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- tonemes
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- roemers
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noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- trimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- remorse
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noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- moreens
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- loments
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Semite
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Lerner
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noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- limner
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- roemer
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noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- retro-
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- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- 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.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- 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.
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Milner
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noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nitro-
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- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
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- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Moreen
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- molies
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noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- monies
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noun,
a plural of money.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- 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.
- morels
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noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Mister
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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.).
- Morris
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noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- morsel
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noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Ortler
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noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- Reiner
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noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relier
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- 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.
- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Remsen
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noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- Lorrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- renter
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noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- ormers
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noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- merlon
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- oilmen
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- omelet
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Merlin
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- merles
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noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Mentes
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- selen-
-
- sermon
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noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- termer
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noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- enter-
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- teleo-
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- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- inmost
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adjective,
situated farthest within:
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- instr.
-
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- inter.
-
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- intro.
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- steno-
-
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- somni-
-
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- nitr-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sito-
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- 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.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Sino-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Mont.
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- MSEnt
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- semi-
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- telo-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- oste-
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- 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.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stome
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- reni-
-
- restr
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- ster.
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- term.
-
- 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).
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- 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.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terr.
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Metol
-
- metr-
-
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- ileo-
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- inst.
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- erron
-
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- meno-
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- meso-
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- intr.
-
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- miso-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- elem.
-
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- ento-
-
- 30-30
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- 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).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Rom.
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- mol.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- 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.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Sem.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- lin.
-
- rit.
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 1080
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- itol
-
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- enl.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Ens.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tron
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- EMet
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Ire.
-
- Ste.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- soln
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- iso-
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- intl
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tel-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ter.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ten.
-
- ile-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- int.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- str.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Ont.
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- ment
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- MSEE
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- MSIE
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- men-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nom.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neem
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- mil.
-
- 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).
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- 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.
- ole-
-
- mes-
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MILR
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rel.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- 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.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Mon.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- lit.
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- TSE
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ILO
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ILS
-
- TSI
-
- MOI
-
- ETR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- EOM
-
- io-
-
- NMR
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ETO
-
- NMI
-
- EEO
-
- ier
-
- eir
-
- ESR
-
- ERT
-
- eo-
-
- Tro
-
- il-
-
- EIS
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ETS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Mt.
-
- tlo
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- tlr
-
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- ene
-
- mtn
-
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- MSI
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- EMR
-
- MSE
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ml.
-
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MLS
-
- NES
-
- MLR
-
- 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.
- MOR
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- MTS
-
- tr.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- MIT
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- EOE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- MIE
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Me.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Re.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ose
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ltr
-
- Lt.
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LMT
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNR
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- LON
-
- LIM
-
- LST
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SLE
-
- IOT
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- OIt
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OIr
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Ir.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Om.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- OEM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- nr.
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- STM
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- ise
-
- 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.
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SLR
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ite
-
- ISR
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RO
-
- N.
-
- NI
-
- le
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- i.
-
- L2
-
- EI
-
- LM
-
- ee
-
- L1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- RN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- S.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
-
- 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.
- TM
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NL
-
- NM
-
- TL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ol
-
- MN
-
- LR
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- M.
-