Anagrams of residential
Word residential has
1516 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of residential.
- resilient
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adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- trailside
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noun,
the side or border of a trail.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- disentail
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verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- sideliner
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noun,
a person who is on the sidelines and does not participate in an activity or situation.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- deliriant
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noun,
a substance, as a compound or drug, that causes delirium.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- treadles
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- islander
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- Delsarte
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noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- sideline
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noun,
a line at the side of something.
- tendrils
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- retinals
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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.
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- Landseer
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noun,
Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- redlines
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- distrail
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noun,
dissipation trail.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- Disraeli
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noun,
Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ("Dizzy") 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- trindles
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- 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.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- deities
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noun,
a god or goddess.
- dailies
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noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- darnels
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- dairies
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- Landers
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- dealers
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- insider
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- diarist
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- distain
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- diaries
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noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- deliria
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noun,
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- slander
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noun,
defamation; calumny:
- inedita
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plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- indites
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- derails
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- leaders
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- slender
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adjective,
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- dialers
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- 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.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Leander
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noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linseed
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noun,
flaxseed.
- anilide
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noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- lindies
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noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- aniseed
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- transl.
-
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- related
-
adjective,
associated; connected.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- 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.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- aediles
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noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- aldrins
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noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitride
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Seeland
-
noun,
Zealand.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tineids
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- slider
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noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- enter-
-
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- intra-
-
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- selen-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- 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.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Iletin
-
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- alders
-
- arsen-
-
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- trans.
-
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- 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.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- distr.
-
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- denti-
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tiered
-
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.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- adren-
-
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- anti-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- astr.
-
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- tiled
-
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.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- sanit
-
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Arnel
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- ante-
-
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- reni-
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- 30-30
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- aden-
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- treas
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- 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.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- alti-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- nears
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- retd.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- tele-
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- dial.
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- 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.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- IATSE
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Srta.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tears
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- edit.
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- dist.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- ster.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- intr.
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- seti-
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- inst.
-
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- tera-
-
- init.
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- dent.
-
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irid-
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Iran.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ital.
-
- darts
-
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- tri-
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tRNA
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- trid
-
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- TDRS
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- sld.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- ten.
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- std.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- RNAS
-
- RIIA
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sra.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tel-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- 1080
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Den.
-
- dat.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- lea.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Danl
-
- dia-
-
- IndE
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Ens.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- EDTA
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Esd.
-
- inae
-
- Din.
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- idae
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dlr.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ind.
-
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- AISI
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NDSL
-
- Ald.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- Ltd.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Aire
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- rad.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- aer-
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- NTIA
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AInd
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ARIS
-
- ates
-
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- art.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ANSI
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ast
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ae.
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- 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.
- al.
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ad-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- an.
-
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ean
-
- ead
-
- at.
-
- DST
-
- DNR
-
- DSR
-
- ard
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- DIL
-
- 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.
- DAE
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- di.
-
- DET
-
- tlr
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- tra
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- 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.
- DSA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ASN
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- DAR
-
- TID
-
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- tr.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- DNA
-
- DLS
-
- ASI
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ase
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ETR
-
- ed.
-
- SAE
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- RNA
-
- SED
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Lt.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Ld.
-
- SAR
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- rnd
-
- RLD
-
- LDS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- Rd.
-
- Re.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RDA
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- NAD
-
- NES
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- 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.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- LSD
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ESL
-
- Sr.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- SLR
-
- ese
-
- SLE
-
- St.
-
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- SLA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sta
-
- IAS
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- STL
-
- STI
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- eir
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ESR
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ise
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Ir.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- La.
-
- ine
-
- IRL
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- in.
-
- ide
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ier
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- il-
-
- D.
-
- L1
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- 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.
- ln
-
- L2
-
- SL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L.
-
- TN
-
- 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
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- T1
-
- TD
-
- S.
-
- LR
-
- N.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ND
-
- NI
-
- DN
-
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SN
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ee
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- i.
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- dl
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- t.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NL
-
- TL
-