Anagrams of retractile
Word retractile has
445 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of retractile.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- raclette
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noun,
a dish made by heating a piece of cheese, as over a hearth, and scraping off the melted part onto a plate: served with boiled potatoes.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- Carteret
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noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- tractile
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adjective,
capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- tactile
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- Eritrea
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noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- arteri-
-
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Ettarre
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noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- electr-
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- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- rattler
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noun,
a rattlesnake.
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- critter
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noun,
a domesticated animal.
- retreat
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noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- retract
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verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- clatter
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noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- trailer
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- lattice
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noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- terrace
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- ailette
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noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- Lettic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- Ritter
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noun,
a knight.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- cattle
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noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Alette
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Carter
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carrel
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noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- cerat-
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- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- relier
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- latter
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- retral
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adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- tetra-
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- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- recti-
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- cereal
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noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- rattle
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- terret
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- ratter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Attlee
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noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- tracer
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- letter
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- terat-
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- irreal
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adjective,
unreal.
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tercet
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noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Littre
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noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- attire
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- litter
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- career
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noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- ratite
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- elect.
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- Crater
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Lettie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- crit.
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- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- TREAT
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noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- lact-
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- licet
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- Crete
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noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Icel.
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- trail
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crier
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noun,
a person who cries.
- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- liter
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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.
- Creel
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- triac
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trait
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noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- elite
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elate
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adjective,
elated.
- lect.
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- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rater
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ectal
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adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Ital.
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- eclat
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- erect
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Trace
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Recit
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- ERICA
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- rect.
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- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- racer
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- trial
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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.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Tract
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noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- laree
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noun,
lari.
- crate
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- titer
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- caret
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- aerie
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noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Terra
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noun,
earth; land.
- taler
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noun,
thaler.
- terr.
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- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Trier
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tater
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noun,
potato.
- Attic
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noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- title
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noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- atilt
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adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- tera-
-
- aeri-
-
- Clite
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- tecta
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noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- alert
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- artel
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Alice
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noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tele-
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- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- alti-
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- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Carie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Carte
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cleat
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Clare
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clair
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noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- 30-30
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- trite
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adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ricer
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- cert.
-
- acet-
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- ceria
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- titre
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noun,
titer.
- Terri
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tacit
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adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacet
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verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- tical
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- cater
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Celia
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Lari
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- lice
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noun,
plural of louse.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ter.
-
- Leet
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noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- late
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tilt
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noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- leer
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tete
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noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tile
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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.
- Tit.
-
- lea.
-
- tier
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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.
- Lett
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noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Leta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lear
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- teat
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noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Lira
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tace
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noun,
tasset.
- real
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noun,
real number.
- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
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noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
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- rile
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Reel
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tael
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noun,
liang.
- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rice
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rial
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noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- rete
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noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tact
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noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tail
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- lit.
-
- teal
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lite
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- tela
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noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
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noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teel
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noun,
til.
- RACE
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noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rail
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- talc
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noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- rale
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RARE
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adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rate
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tate
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noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tart
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noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tare
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 1080
-
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Carl
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noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- tri-
-
- CARE
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noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Earl
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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.
- Cal.
-
- ect-
-
- Atli
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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.
- Eire
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noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- atic
-
- Eric
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noun,
Eric the Red.
- att.
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- art.
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- arr.
-
- aril
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noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ctr.
-
- CART
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noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- cit.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cera
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noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- clar
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- cat.
-
- crat
-
- etc.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Ire.
-
- ical
-
- aer-
-
- tirl
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noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ile-
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- etic
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adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Irra
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noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Acre
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noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Aire
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- Itea
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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
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- acr-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- acle
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noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- aet.
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- Ice.
-
- trit
-
- laic
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noun,
one of the laity.
- alt.
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- Alec
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noun,
a herring.
- alee
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adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Etta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- lace
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ette
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- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- 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.
- TLC
-
- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ac-
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- CEA
-
- TIA
-
- al.
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- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ar.
-
- rte
-
- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ail
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verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ait
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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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- at.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- rt.
-
- ATC
-
- tea
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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.
- ale
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TCA
-
- ALC
-
- ca.
-
- AIC
-
- cr.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CAI
-
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TAL
-
- 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.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- IRL
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- ETR
-
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- IRC
-
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- tr.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ITA
-
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
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- LAC
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noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- tra
-
- Re.
-
- CIA
-
- tlr
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIE
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- CLR
-
- CRT
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ear
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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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ECA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERT
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- 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.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- 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.
- EEC
-
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- Ir.
-
- TL
-
- L.
-
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LC
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- LR
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RI
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TC
-
- TT
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