Anagrams of retaliations
Word retaliations has
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that can be made by using the letters of retaliations.
- retaliation
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noun,
the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- tonalities
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noun,
Music.
the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system.
a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
- natalities
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noun,
birthrate.
- alteration
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noun,
the act or process of altering; the state of being altered:
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- Orientalia
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plural noun,
books, manuscripts, and other objects pertaining to the Orient and Oriental art, culture, history, folklore, or the like.
- senatorial
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
- Aristotle
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noun,
384–322 b.c, Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- Orleanais
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noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- translate
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verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- laniaries
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noun,
a laniary tooth; a canine of daggerlike shape.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- analities
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noun,
the condition or quality of having an anal character; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the anal stage of psychosexual development.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- insatiate
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adjective,
insatiable:
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- troilites
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- trotlines
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- Laetitia
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noun,
a female given name.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- 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.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- alterant
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- 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.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- titanias
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- 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.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- 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.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- triolets
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- trotline
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- troilite
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- aerostat
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noun,
any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- 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.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- astrol.
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- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- natator
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noun,
a swimmer.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- sterno-
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- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Astolat
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noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- intitle
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- steato-
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- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- stearo-
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- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- tortile
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adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- arseno-
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- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- Latitia
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noun,
a female given name.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- nitrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- 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.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Aeolian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- 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.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- tonlets
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noun,
a skirt of plates.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- litotes
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noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- 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.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- 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.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- strati-
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- Stilton
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- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- Tarlton
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noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Titania
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- 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.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- strato-
-
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Loretta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- anattos
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noun,
annatto.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- transl.
-
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- sirloin
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- antero-
-
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- settlor
-
noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Telstar
-
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- isation
-
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- slotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- aristo-
-
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- airline
-
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.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- 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.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- 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.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- terat-
-
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- tarso-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- 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.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- 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.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- 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.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- steno-
-
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- iatro-
-
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trans.
-
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- 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.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- aniso-
-
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Iletin
-
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- arsen-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- aeron.
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- tetra-
-
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- intro.
-
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- inter.
-
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- instr.
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- astron
-
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- 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.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- stat.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Srta.
-
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Arnel
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- orial
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- toti-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- anti-
-
- treas
-
- sito-
-
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Alas.
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- 30-30
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- aero-
-
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- 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-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sino-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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).
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- ante-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- reni-
-
- seti-
-
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- 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.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- anat.
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- anal.
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Alta.
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- 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.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- nitr-
-
- ento-
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- telo-
-
- init.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- teno-
-
- inst.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Ital.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tera-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- intr.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- 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.
- ileo-
-
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ilio-
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- ition
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- tonia
-
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- 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.
- ation
-
- astr.
-
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- natl.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- ASEAN
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- nears
-
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- sanit
-
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- atto-
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Ste.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tRNA
-
- trit
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tron
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tion
-
- tri-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Tit.
-
- str.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Soni
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- soln
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- inae
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- 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.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ator
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lit.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ELAS
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- attn
-
- 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.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- NOAA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIRA
-
- 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):
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- att.
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ates
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- 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.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- IAEA
-
- est.
-
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- itol
-
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- int.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- 1080
-
- IATA
-
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ire.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- iana
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- enl.
-
- 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.
- lea.
-
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Ens.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- 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)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- not-
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- 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.
- Ala.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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).
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIIA
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- aet.
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- aer-
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- RONA
-
- 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:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- AISI
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RNAS
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Anas
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- NTIA
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Ont.
-
- ARIS
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ano-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Tro
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- eir
-
- Ia.
-
- ase
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AEA
-
- ETS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ETR
-
- EIS
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ETO
-
- il-
-
- ae.
-
- TSE
-
- Ar.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- TSI
-
- IAS
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- an.
-
- AAE
-
- ASI
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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.
- 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.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Aar
-
- ier
-
- ial
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- aor
-
- tra
-
- tlr
-
- ASN
-
- tlo
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AOA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- en-
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- tr.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ARS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ESR
-
- ean
-
- at.
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TNT
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ILO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ILS
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONI
-
- OAS
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SLR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SLE
-
- ose
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OTA
-
- TIA
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NES
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- 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.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OSA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- STI
-
- RSE
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- ROI
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- SAE
-
- SAR
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OTS
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SLA
-
- Re.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- ROA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- REA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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).
- RNA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TTS
-
- STL
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRL
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- IRO
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- IRS
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ITA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ISA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- 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.
- Lt.
-
- ist
-
- La.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Ir.
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- NAA
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ltr
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- ine
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- LTA
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- LST
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- LSI
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- tet
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noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- IOT
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- LON
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- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ite
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- TAL
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- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- i.
-
- S.
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- SL
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SA
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TT
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- RO
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
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- R.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- NI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LR
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- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OA
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- ln
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- L.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ol
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- TN
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- TL
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- SN
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- le
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
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- RN
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- L2
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- L1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NL
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