Anagrams of millstreams
Word millstreams has
979 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of millstreams.
- small-time
-
adjective,
of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence:
- millstream
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noun,
the stream in a millrace.
- trammels
-
noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- melismas
-
noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- saltires
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- lamsters
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- marmites
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- slammers
-
noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- stammers
-
noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- mistrals
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- stammrel
-
adjective, noun,
staumrel.
- mismates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- saltiers
-
noun,
saltire.
- trilemma
-
noun,
a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
- all-time
-
adjective,
never surpassed or greater:
- literals
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- lamister
-
noun,
lamster.
- smarties
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- asterism
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- realisms
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Marmite
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- sallets
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- misters
-
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.).
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- tailles
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- armless
-
adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- stellar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- millets
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- Millers
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- stellas
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- stammer
-
noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- sillers
-
noun,
silver.
- sallies
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- Latimer
-
noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- simmers
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- slammer
-
noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- aimless
-
adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- slimmer
-
noun,
a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.
- melisma
-
noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- Melissa
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- mellita
-
noun,
mellite.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- limmers
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noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- tsimmes
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noun,
tzimmes.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Trammel
-
noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- samlets
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- listels
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- listers
-
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.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- limmer
-
noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- stills
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- sallet
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noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- stemma
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noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- matri-
-
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- stimes
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- steams
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Mamers
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noun,
Mars.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- smarts
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- smarms
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noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- smalts
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noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- smalls
-
noun,
Robert, 1839–1915, U.S. captain in the Union navy and politician, born a slave in South Carolina: congressman 1875–79, 1882–87.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- smears
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- slimes
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noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Mallet
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noun,
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- slates
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- maills
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noun,
mail3 .
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- steals
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- salmis
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noun,
salmi.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- stalls
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- smells
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smiles
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noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- smelts
-
noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armill
-
noun,
a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- remits
-
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.
- lisles
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Lister
-
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.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- miters
-
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.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- liters
-
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.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Simmel
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- metal.
-
- metall
-
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- simmer
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Miller
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- Milles
-
noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- Millet
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- semi-
-
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- maill
-
noun,
mail3 .
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- male-
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall.
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Mlles
-
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- malls
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- mast-
-
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- matr-
-
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- 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).
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- Melia
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- astr.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asst.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ster.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Srta.
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- treas
-
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- aeri-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- term.
-
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- Amer.
-
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- alti-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- seti-
-
- Ital.
-
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Simms
-
noun,
William Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1806–70, U.S. author.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Small
-
noun,
something that is small:
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- IATSE
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sem.
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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).
- str.
-
- Sam.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SMSA
-
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- Saml
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tel-
-
- ter.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- SASE
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 1080
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- 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.
- asis
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ASME
-
- isls
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ASTM
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Mar.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- lea.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ELAS
-
- lit.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- emia
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Mlle
-
- all-
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- 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.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- meas
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- Ire.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alt.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- est.
-
- MSTS
-
- AIME
-
- MSME
-
- MSIE
-
- mrem
-
- Aire
-
- MSEM
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- MSAM
-
- MSAE
-
- ile-
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Ill.
-
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- mem.
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- AMLS
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- mes-
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ESIS
-
- Lam.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- met.
-
- ETR
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ETS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESL
-
- STI
-
- ESR
-
- ERT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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.
- ESA
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ASM
-
- STL
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALM
-
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- STM
-
- EAM
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- TAL
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
-
- ARS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- SSA
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- SSE
-
- TSS
-
- ss.
-
- RSS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- SAE
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MIE
-
- Me.
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- se-
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- MM.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SAR
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LSM
-
- MTI
-
- MSI
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- MSM
-
- MST
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Mt.
-
- MTS
-
- REA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- 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.
- MIT
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MLR
-
- MRI
-
- MLS
-
- MME
-
- MMT
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
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- MRE
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- LSS
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- LSI
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- ite
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- SMA
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- SLR
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
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- ist
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- ITA
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- SLE
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- ise
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- La.
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- Lt.
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- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Isl
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- ISA
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ier
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- SRS
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- Ia.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ial
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- IAS
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- Sr.
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- SMS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SMM
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- il-
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
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- Ir.
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- IRL
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- IRS
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- sis
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noun,
sister.
- SLA
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LMT
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- LLM
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ll.
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SER
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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).
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- LIM
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- T1
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- i.
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LM
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- RI
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- t.
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- LR
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- EI
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- M.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
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- S.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SA
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- le
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- L.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SL
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- TM
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- SM
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- TL
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- L2
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