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Word mistranslate has
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that can be made by using the letters of mistranslate.
- mentalists
-
noun,
a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- translates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- alarmists
-
noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- Lamartine
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noun,
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- taintless
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adjective,
free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- materials
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- martinets
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- transmits
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- talismans
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- translate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- sanitates
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- seatrains
-
noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- straitens
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- statesman
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noun,
a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- resistant
-
noun,
a person or thing that resists.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Manassite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- maltsters
-
noun,
a maker of or dealer in malt.
- maltreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse:
- remittals
-
noun,
a remission.
- alterants
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- staminate
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adjective,
having a stamen or stamens.
- tarantism
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noun,
a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula.
- teratisms
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- slatterns
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- trailsman
-
noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- lamisters
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noun,
lamster.
- astatines
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- mentalist
-
noun,
a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- smaltites
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noun,
a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- Messalian
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noun,
Euchite.
- mistreats
-
verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- Messalina
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noun,
Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- laminates
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- metalists
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noun,
a person who works with metals.
- metalist
-
noun,
a person who works with metals.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- amnesias
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- trailman
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noun,
trailsman.
- satiates
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adjective,
satiated.
- mantissa
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noun,
Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm.
Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- mantlets
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noun,
mantelet (def 2).
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- realisms
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Marietta
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noun,
a city in NW Georgia.
- metrists
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- etatisms
-
noun,
state socialism.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Satanism
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noun,
the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- maltster
-
noun,
a maker of or dealer in malt.
- mineral.
-
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- maltreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse:
- malaises
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- maltases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- sealants
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- tintless
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adjective,
without tint or tints; colorless.
- material
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- maternal
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother:
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- mattrass
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noun,
matrass.
- mattress
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noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- smatters
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- martlets
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noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- seasnail
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noun,
any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- mistrals
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Antietam
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noun,
a creek flowing from S Pennsylvania through NW Maryland into the Potomac: Civil War battle fought near here at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in 1862.
- smaltite
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noun,
a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- misstate
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verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- martinet
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- 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.
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- lamsters
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- tramline
-
noun,
a streetcar system.
- alarmist
-
noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- salesman
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noun,
a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- Salesian
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noun,
a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- startles
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- salaries
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noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- starlets
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- lamister
-
noun,
lamster.
- laminate
-
noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- saltines
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- retinals
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- INTELSAT
-
noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- talesman
-
noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- transmit
-
verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- tsarinas
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noun,
czarina.
- staminas
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- alterant
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- salterns
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- remittal
-
noun,
a remission.
- salients
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- matrass
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noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- Massena
-
noun,
a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- laminar
-
adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- latests
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- strati-
-
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- stratas
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Larissa
-
noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- Astarte
-
noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- Laramie
-
noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- Latimer
-
noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- laminas
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Melitta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Melissa
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- limners
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- atlases
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- tatamis
-
noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- tasters
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- manilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- maltase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- tarsals
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Malines
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- starets
-
noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- malates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- malaise
-
noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- stamin-
-
- mantlet
-
noun,
mantelet (def 2).
- tanists
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- martlet
-
noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Telstar
-
- Martial
-
noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- marlins
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- tamales
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- Marline
-
noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- marital
-
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- 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.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- staters
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- merlins
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- transl.
-
- Raamses
-
noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- seminal
-
adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- aliases
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- Alamein
-
noun,
El Alamein.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- samlets
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- silanes
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Ameslan
-
noun,
American Sign Language.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- amitate
-
noun,
a close social relationship between a paternal aunt and her niece.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Almeria
-
noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- satiate
-
adjective,
satiated.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- 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.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- aimless
-
adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- armless
-
adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- 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.).
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Salamis
-
noun,
an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- 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.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- 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.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- stilts
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- 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.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- 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.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- M-line
-
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.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- matri-
-
- 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.).
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- 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.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- smalts
-
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.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- metal.
-
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- melan-
-
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- slates
-
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.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- nemat-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Marist
-
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.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- 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.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- tatami
-
noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- intra-
-
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- Tiamat
-
noun,
an Akkadian goddess, the consort of Apsu and mother of the gods.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- arsen-
-
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tetra-
-
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- 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.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terat-
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- Israel
-
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.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- 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.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- seti-
-
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- nears
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 30-30
-
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- ante-
-
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- aemia
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Miss.
-
- Armen
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- 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.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- 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.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- 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.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Arnel
-
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- MSEnt
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sines
-
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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- amin-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Alas.
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- 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.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- 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)
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- nests
-
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.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- 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.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- nitr-
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- semi-
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- anat.
-
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- anal.
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Sans.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- sanit
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- treas
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Srta.
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- IATSE
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Iran.
-
- LittM
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- intr.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- inst.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- 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
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- male-
-
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- 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.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- 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.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- 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.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Ital.
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- 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-
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- 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.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- 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.
- Matt.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- matr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- 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.
- metr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- term.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- asst.
-
- 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.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- mast-
-
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- assn.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- 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.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- astr.
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- 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.
- Melia
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- 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.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tera-
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ASEAN
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- 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.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- 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.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- trit
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- 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.
- Sam.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tRNA
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- str.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tri-
-
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Saml
-
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- 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.
- Tasm
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sra.
-
- ten.
-
- Sem.
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tit.
-
- SMSA
-
- SRAM
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- 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.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- tel-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ter.
-
- Sat.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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).
- 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.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- SASE
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- 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.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- IATA
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- isls
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISSN
-
- 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:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- IAEA
-
- Mar.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- 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.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- 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.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- iana
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- meas
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Amal
-
- alt.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- Ala.
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- 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.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Arm.
-
- ASME
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- 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.
- ASSR
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- att.
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- attn
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- MSTS
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- MSIE
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MSAE
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- 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.
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- 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).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- MNAS
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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)
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- NTIA
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- NIRA
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- 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.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mes-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- ment
-
- men-
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- RNAS
-
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- se-
-
- ea.
-
- EMT
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- en-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- 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.
- EAM
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ATA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- at.
-
- an.
-
- TSS
-
- Ar.
-
- EAA
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ean
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Re.
-
- NSA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- RMA
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- ast
-
- TSE
-
- nr.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NMR
-
- 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.
- Am.
-
- TSI
-
- NMI
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- AIA
-
- EMR
-
- al.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ASM
-
- AAE
-
- TNT
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAA
-
- AMS
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- RTS
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rte
-
- tlr
-
- rt.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tr.
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- AME
-
- Rs.
-
- ALM
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AAM
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TIA
-
- 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
-
- ASN
-
- ae.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASI
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ase
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- 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.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- REA
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- SAE
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SAR
-
- NIA
-
- 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.
- LIM
-
- MNE
-
- STI
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MNA
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MNS
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MIT
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- LMT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- MSA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Les
-
- STM
-
- STL
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- LSI
-
- mtn
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- MIE
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Sr.
-
- SLE
-
- mi.
-
- SSE
-
- SMS
-
- SLR
-
- SMA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- SSA
-
- SSI
-
- LSM
-
- MSL
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- 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.
- SSM
-
- MAA
-
- SLA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- MTI
-
- MSE
-
- TTS
-
- ine
-
- 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).
- ILS
-
- NES
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ir.
-
- il-
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ier
-
- ise
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ERT
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IAS
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- 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:
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- IRL
-
- Isl
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- MTS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- TAL
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- Lt.
-
- ist
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- i.
-
- le
-
- NM
-
- NL
-
- RN
-
- NI
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TM
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MN
-
- t.
-
- TT
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ln
-
- T1
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- LR
-
- RI
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- L.
-
- SM
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TN
-
- L1
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- L2
-
- TL
-
- LM
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.