Anagrams of mother-in-law
Word mother-in-law has
1523 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of mother-in-law.
- tirewoman
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noun,
a lady's maid.
- lionheart
-
noun,
a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- airwomen
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noun,
a woman who pilots an aircraft.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- two-name
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adjective,
(of commercial paper) having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- hielamon
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noun,
a shield made of wood or bark.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- mineral.
-
- thermion
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noun,
an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- low-rate
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verb (used with object),
to place a low value on:
- antihero
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noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- hot-wire
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adjective,
Electricity, Engineering. depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated:
- hotelman
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noun,
hotelkeeper.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- towerman
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noun,
Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- methanol
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noun,
methyl alcohol.
- horntail
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noun,
any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Hartline
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noun,
Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- Hamilton
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noun,
Alexander, 1757–1804, American statesman and writer on government: the first Secretary of the Treasury 1789–97; mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- timeworn
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adjective,
worn or impaired by time.
- Iolanthe
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noun,
an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- Antheil
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noun,
George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
- Weirton
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noun,
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- at-home
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noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- Another
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pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- hotline
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noun,
hot line.
- rathole
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noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- ornith-
-
- armhole
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noun,
an opening in a garment, for the arm.
- tinware
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noun,
articles made of tin plate.
- inthral
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- Menorah
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noun,
a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- antero-
-
- Othniel
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noun,
a judge of Israel. Judges 3:9.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- melano-
-
- inhaler
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noun,
an apparatus or device used in inhaling medicinal vapors, anesthetics, etc.
- wartime
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noun,
a time or period of war:
- minaret
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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.
- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Helmont
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noun,
Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
- Whitman
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noun,
Marcus, 1802–47, U.S. missionary and pioneer.
- nemato-
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- ethnol.
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- ethanol
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noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- Ethanim
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noun,
a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar. I Kings 8:2.
- neolith
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noun,
a Neolithic stone implement.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- enthral
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- Wheaton
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noun,
a town in central Maryland.
- hematin
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noun,
Biochemistry. heme.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- hemato-
-
- hemiola
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noun,
a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
- hernio-
-
- Wharton
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noun,
Edith, 1862–1937, U.S. novelist.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- thermo-
-
- thermal
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noun,
Meteorology. a rising air current caused by heating from the underlying surface, especially such a current when not producing a cloud.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Miltown
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- therian
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noun,
a therian animal.
- wireman
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noun,
a person who installs and maintains electric wiring.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Marlowe
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noun,
Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- menthol
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noun,
Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 10 H 20 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- retinal
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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.
- Lothian
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noun,
a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- althorn
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noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Manetho
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noun,
flourished c250 b.c, Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
- Rhetian
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noun,
Raetic.
- manhole
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noun,
a hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer, drain, steam boiler, etc., especially one located in a city street.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- towline
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noun,
a line, hawser, or the like, by which anything is or may be towed.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- 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.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- writhen
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adjective,
twisted.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Lawton
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noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- whaler
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noun,
a person or vessel employed in whaling.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- lawmen
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noun,
an officer of the law, as a sheriff or police officer.
- mohair
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noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Minthe
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noun,
a nymph who was changed into a mint plant by Persephone to protect her from Hades.
- Tolima
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noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- hemat-
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- Hilton
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noun,
Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- heriot
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hieron
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- Mithra
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noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- Herman
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noun,
Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- hiero-
-
- Hermit
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noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- Hermon
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- hernia
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noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- hiemal
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adjective,
of or relating to winter; wintry.
- mither
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noun,
mother1 .
- Heroin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- mithan
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noun,
gayal.
- Hetman
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noun,
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- he-man
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noun,
a strong, tough, virile man.
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Hamlet
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noun,
a small village.
- loathe
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verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- whilom
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adverb,
at one time.
- Hamlin
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noun,
Hannibal, 1809–91, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1861–65.
- litho.
-
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- Hamite
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noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- Mother
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noun,
a female parent.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Hameln
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noun,
a city in N central Germany, on the Weser River: scene of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
- mowrah
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noun,
mahua.
- halter
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noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- halite
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noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- helio-
-
- Lomita
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Lehman
-
noun,
Herbert H(enry) 1878–1963, U.S. banker and statesman.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- trowel
-
noun,
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Harlow
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noun,
Jean, 1911–37, U.S. motion-picture actress.
- Harlem
-
noun,
a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Moriah
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noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- Minhow
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noun,
Older Spelling. former name of Fuzhou.
- Townie
-
noun,
a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- Whalen
-
noun,
Philip, 1923–2002, U.S. poet.
- warmth
-
noun,
the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- in-law
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- Waiter
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- melan-
-
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- inter.
-
- menhir
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noun,
an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- wahine
-
noun,
(in Hawaii and Polynesia) a girl or young woman.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- matri-
-
- mantel
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noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Warhol
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noun,
Andy, 1928–87, U.S. artist.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- inwale
-
noun,
(in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- Mather
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noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- Walton
-
noun,
Ernest Thomas Sinton [sin-tn] /ˈsɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel prize 1951.
- Walter
-
noun,
Bruno [broo-noh] /ˈbru noʊ/ (Show IPA), (Bruno Schlesinger) 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- iatro-
-
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Holman
-
noun,
Nathan ("Nat") 1896–1995, U.S. basketball player and coach.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- metro-
-
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- metal.
-
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- Mahler
-
noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- wealth
-
noun,
a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches:
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Weimar
-
noun,
a city in Thuringia, in central Germany.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- howlet
-
noun,
an owl or owlet.
- howler
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Merwin
-
noun,
W(illiam) S(tanley) born 1927, U.S. poet, translator, and writer.
- Mahren
-
noun,
German name of Moravia.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- Thelma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Wither
-
noun,
George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Arnhem
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands, on the Rhine River: World War II battle 1944.
- awhile
-
adverb,
for a short time or period:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- thamin
-
noun,
a small deer, Cervus eldi, of southeastern Asia, having long, curved antlers: now reduced in numbers throughout its range.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- theol.
-
- awhirl
-
adjective,
rotating rapidly; spinning; whirling (usually used predicatively):
- anthol
-
- Wilmot
-
noun,
David, 1814–68, U.S. politician and jurist: congressman 1845–51; senator 1861–63.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- Wilmer
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Wilton
-
noun,
a carpet woven like Brussels carpet, on a Jacquard loom but having the loops cut to form a velvet pile.
- withal
-
adverb,
with it all; as well; besides.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- therm-
-
- Winter
-
noun,
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- wintle
-
noun,
a rolling or staggering motion.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antho-
-
- Elohim
-
noun,
God, especially as used in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- rhino-
-
- 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.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- wraith
-
noun,
an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeron.
-
- Alioth
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Ursa Major.
- Tarnow
-
noun,
a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- wreath
-
noun,
a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- writhe
-
noun,
a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- 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.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- amino-
-
- anthem
-
noun,
a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism:
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- anemo-
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- womera
-
noun,
woomera.
- alwite
-
adjective,
white (def 11).
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- thrawn
-
adjective,
twisted; crooked; distorted.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Newari
-
noun,
a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- nemat-
-
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Newham
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enhalo
-
verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- nitro-
-
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- Neilah
-
noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- whiten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become white.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- eolith
-
noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- haemo-
-
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- thrown
-
noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- ethno-
-
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- rhet.
-
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- rhin-
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- male-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- tera-
-
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- rawin
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 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.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
-
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- teno-
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Neth.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- towie
-
noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Loewi
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.
- lm-hr
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- liwan
-
noun,
iwan.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- Lith.
-
- 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.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- rhoea
-
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- Lower
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- lowan
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- trawl
-
noun,
Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telo-
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- tawie
-
adjective,
docile; easy to manage.
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- rowel
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- mower
-
noun,
lawn mower.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- natl.
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- theor
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- mohel
-
noun,
the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
- mohwa
-
noun,
mahua.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- thraw
-
adjective,
Scot. thrawn (def 1).
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- miaow
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonia
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Mewar
-
noun,
Udaipur (def 2).
- metr-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Olwen
-
noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- Metol
-
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- meth-
-
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norw.
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- 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.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Nowel
-
noun,
Noel (def 2).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- thio-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- theo-
-
- towel
-
noun,
an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- owlet
-
noun,
a young owl.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melia
-
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- Mont.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- term.
-
- matr-
-
- 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.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- math.
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- omni-
-
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- meta-
-
- threw
-
noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- mero-
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orial
-
- meno-
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- nitr-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Orth.
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- hema-
-
- 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.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arith
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- howel
-
noun,
a channel cut along the inside edge of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Armen
-
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- Arnel
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Whale
-
noun,
any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- withe
-
noun,
a willow twig or osier.
- areo-
-
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- hier-
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Ital.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Iowan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- women
-
noun,
plural of woman.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- intr.
-
- woman
-
noun,
the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- water
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inlaw
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- ante-
-
- anth-
-
- anti-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- ileo-
-
- with-
-
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- Amer.
-
- halo-
-
- Elwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- while
-
noun,
a period or interval of time:
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- whort
-
noun,
the whortleberry.
- whorl
-
noun,
a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- whole
-
noun,
the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- haem-
-
- whine
-
noun,
a whining utterance, sound, or tone.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- White
-
noun,
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
Compare black (def 20).
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- whelm
-
verb (used with object),
to submerge; engulf.
- witan
-
noun,
the members of the national council or witenagemot.
- hemin
-
noun,
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
- wheal
-
noun,
a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Wilno
-
noun,
Polish name of Vilnius.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- wheat
-
noun,
the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- Hemon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1880–1913, Canadian novelist, born in France.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- hemo-
-
- hemia
-
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- hemi-
-
- hemal
-
adjective,
Also, hematal. of or relating to the blood or blood vessels.
- hort.
-
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- Wilma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- heli-
-
- 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.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- amin-
-
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Worth
-
noun,
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
- 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.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- twine
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Wotan
-
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 30-30
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- wroth
-
adjective,
angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively):
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Wrath
-
noun,
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- twirl
-
noun,
an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.
- Twain
-
noun,
Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
- alti-
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- alto-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Waite
-
noun,
Morrison Remick [rem-ik] /ˈrɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Waler
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- aet.
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- ter.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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)
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- not-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- 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.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- RONA
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- NTIA
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- thi-
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nom.
-
- 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.
- NIMH
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- whom
-
Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- 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.
- wrnt
-
- rel.
-
- NIRA
-
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- whoa
-
interjection,
stop! (used especially to horses).
- Eth.
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- writ
-
noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- emia
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- aer-
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- AWOL
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Wilt
-
noun,
the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted:
- thew
-
noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- Aire
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Arm.
-
- thaw
-
noun,
the act or process of thawing.
- the-
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ten.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- alt.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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).
- ant.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ano-
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- 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.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Tewa
-
noun,
a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- alow
-
adverb,
below decks.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- WORM
-
noun,
Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- neo-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- rit.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ole-
-
- wite
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- ator
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- amt.
-
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Ont.
-
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- AIME
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- itol
-
- want
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- Ire.
-
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- wame
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. belly.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- 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:
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- wale
-
noun,
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- Iowa
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Wal.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Wait
-
noun,
an act or instance of waiting or awaiting; delay; halt:
- Wain
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- 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.
- Man.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- wail
-
noun,
the act of wailing.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- inae
-
- hwan
-
noun,
a former monetary unit of South Korea.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- meow
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ment
-
- ile-
-
- IMHO
-
- men-
-
- wart
-
noun,
a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- warm
-
noun,
Informal. a warming:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- 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.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lam.
-
- howl
-
noun,
the cry of a dog, wolf, etc.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- tron
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- 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.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- twin
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- twi-
-
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lawn
-
noun,
a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- lea.
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- tanh
-
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- welt
-
noun,
a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- weal
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- Howe
-
noun,
a hole.
- HEAO
-
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- whet
-
noun,
the act of whetting.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- when
-
noun,
the time of anything:
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Helm
-
noun,
Nautical.
a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
the entire steering apparatus of a ship.
the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- hem-
-
- met.
-
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mowe
-
noun,
a wry or derisive grimace.
- mown
-
noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neh.
-
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Whit
-
noun,
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):
- whir
-
noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- whin
-
noun,
any thorny or prickly shrub, especially gorse.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- whim
-
noun,
an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy:
- Nah.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hal-
-
- tion
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- halm
-
noun,
haulm.
- 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.
- mRNA
-
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- hol-
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- hor.
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Holm
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- 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).
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- hom-
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- wham
-
noun,
a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- 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.
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- 1080
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- what
-
noun,
the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics:
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- hewn
-
adjective,
felled and roughly shaped by hewing:
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- her.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- mewl
-
verb (used without object),
to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TIA
-
- Tro
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- th-
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Wat
-
noun,
a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- 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.
- WHO
-
Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- WMO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- taw
-
noun,
a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- wha
-
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- ThM
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- WAM
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- 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.
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TMO
-
- TRH
-
- TWA
-
noun,
a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- tlr
-
- WRA
-
- tlo
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRL
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Law
-
noun,
the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- 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.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- INH
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Mo.
-
- MHW
-
- MHR
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHE
-
- MHA
-
- mew
-
noun,
the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- maw
-
noun,
the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
- 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.
- Mao
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- LWM
-
- ltr
-
- LTh
-
- LTA
-
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LON
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LMT
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LIM
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- io-
-
- HWM
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- AME
-
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- AWL
-
noun,
a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- at.
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ALM
-
- 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.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AHL
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHE
-
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- Am.
-
- ean
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ht.
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HRE
-
- HOW
-
noun,
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HEW
-
verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- haw
-
noun,
a sound or pause of hesitation.
Compare hem2 (def 3).
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- Ehr
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eir
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- hr.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- mi.
-
- Me.
-
- MIE
-
- OIt
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- OWI
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- OEM
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- rtw
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- 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.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- REA
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMA
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- Re.
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- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- NIM
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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.
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mow
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noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- MNE
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- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- New
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noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- MOR
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- MTI
-
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- MWT
-
- NEA
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- ne-
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MRA
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- NWT
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- MNA
-
- MRE
-
- MWA
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- MLW
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- NIH
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- NIA
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- mtn
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- MIT
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- NHL
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- ml.
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- NHI
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- MLA
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- MTh
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- NHA
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- MTO
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- Mt.
-
- MLR
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- MRI
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- EI
-
- LR
-
- TL
-
- M.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TM
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- 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.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- T1
-
- RW
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MH
-
- MN
-
- RO
-
- WM
-
- TN
-
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NW
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- WI
-
- WL
-
- i.
-
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LW
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LH
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- L.
-
- NM
-
- NL
-
- IW
-
- w/
-
- NH
-
- RI
-
- h.
-
- RH
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- ln
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LM
-
- MW
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- WH
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- le
-
- ol
-
- HL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- wt
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