Anagrams of retractive
Word retractive has
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- 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.
- Carteret
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noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- reactive
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adjective,
tending to react.
- tractive
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adjective,
having or exerting traction; drawing.
- creative
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adjective,
having the quality or power of creating.
- critter
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noun,
a domesticated animal.
- 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.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- arteri-
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- 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.
- 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.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- Ettarre
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noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- 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.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- retract
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verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- 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.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Cavite
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noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- career
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noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Carrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carter
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Carver
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noun,
George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- tetra-
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- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Ecevit
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noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- 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.
- Rivera
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noun,
Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- cerat-
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- 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.
- 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.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- terat-
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- revert
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noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- Ritter
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noun,
a knight.
- 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.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- recti-
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- tracer
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- varier
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noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- active
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noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- ratite
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Vatter
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noun,
a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
- Evetta
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noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- trivet
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noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- verite
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noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- arrive
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noun,
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
- attire
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Vetter
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noun,
Vätter.
- crier
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noun,
a person who cries.
- 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.
- Reave
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verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- aeri-
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- aerie
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noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- crave
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verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- crate
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tater
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noun,
potato.
- civet
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noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- rater
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- tecta
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noun,
a rooflike structure.
- vatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- crit.
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- TREAT
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noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Recit
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- revet
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verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- 30-30
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- vitta
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noun,
Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- 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.
- vice-
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- acet-
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- vicar
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noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- ricer
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- rect.
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- 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.
- reive
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verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- veter
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- River
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noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- rivet
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noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- 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).
- tera-
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- avert
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verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- Carie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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.
- carve
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verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- 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.
- ative
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- Attic
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noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Carte
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- 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.
- Trier
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- evict
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verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- titre
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noun,
titer.
- 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:
- Tract
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noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Evert
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noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- trait
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noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- trave
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noun,
a crossbeam.
- Evatt
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noun,
Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cater
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- evite
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verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- vari-
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- terr.
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- cert.
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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.
- Terra
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noun,
earth; land.
- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- erect
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- caver
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noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- Terri
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- trite
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adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Tevet
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noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Evita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- RCVR
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- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- RARE
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adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rete
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noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rave
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noun,
an act of raving.
- RACE
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noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ivar
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ravi
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noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rate
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 1080
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- Rev.
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- veer
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noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- tri-
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- trit
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- Tver
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noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- vair
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noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- var.
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- Vat.
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- Vera
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noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Tree
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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.
- vert
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noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- vet.
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- Vic.
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- Vict
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- Viet
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noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- VITA
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noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vite
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adverb,
briskly; lively.
- tret
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noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- trav
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- 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.
- 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.
- rit.
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- RITA
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noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- riv.
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- rive
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verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Tace
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noun,
tasset.
- Tare
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tit.
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- tart
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noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tate
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noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- 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.
- ter.
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- tete
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noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- cire
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Carr
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noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- ctr.
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- Catt
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noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- ette
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- Etta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Arce
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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.
- Cate
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noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- etc.
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- cat.
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- 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.
- CARE
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noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ever
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Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- arr.
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- Erie
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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).
- Eric
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noun,
Eric the Red.
- art.
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- cir.
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- Eire
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noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- att.
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- ect-
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- atic
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- eave
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noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Aire
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- airt
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noun,
a direction.
- CATV
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- 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.
- cit.
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- Irra
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noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Ire.
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- cite
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cete
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noun,
a number of badgers together.
- civ.
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- Ceta
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noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
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- cera
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noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- acr-
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- CerE
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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.
- Ave.
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- aer-
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- Cav.
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- crat
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- aet.
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- Cave
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noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- Cree
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Ice.
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- CEA
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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.
- Tiv
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noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TIA
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- tr.
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- cr.
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- tra
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- CIA
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CAI
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- ct.
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- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- ITA
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- ca.
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- av.
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- AEC
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- ae.
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- ACV
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Via
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noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- vie
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AIC
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- Ar.
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- VIR
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noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ac-
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- Vt.
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- VTC
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- Vte
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- Ver
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- Vee
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noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Avi
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- Va.
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- AVC
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- a-v
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- ATV
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- ATC
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- at.
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- TVA
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- V-1
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noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- VCR
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- V-2
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noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- VAC
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noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- ARE
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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.
- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ARV
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noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- CIE
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- REA
-
- EEC
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- eir
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- ret
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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.
- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- ERV
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- ETR
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- ETV
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- EVA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Eve
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- ec-
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- ier
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- ite
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- ITV
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- Iva
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- IRC
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- Re.
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- Ir.
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RCT
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- rat
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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.
- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RCA
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- ECA
-
- VTR
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noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CVT
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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.
- 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.
- cte
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CVA
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- CTA
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- CRT
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- TAT
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verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- rte
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- rt.
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- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- TCA
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- 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.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ITC
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- ea.
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- 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.
- RC
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- RI
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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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
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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.
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
television.