Anagrams of revelationist
Word revelationist has
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- ventilator
-
noun,
a person or thing that ventilates.
- transitive
-
noun,
Grammar. transitive verb.
- elevations
-
noun,
the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
- arsenolite
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- television
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noun,
the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.
- toiletries
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noun,
any article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself, as soap or deodorant.
- levitation
-
noun,
the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- novitiates
-
noun,
the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- velitation
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noun,
a minor dispute or contest.
- 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.
- venalities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
- iterations
-
noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- Revelation
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noun,
the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- ventilates
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verb (used with object),
to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- estivation
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noun,
Zoology. the act of estivating.
- trivalent
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adjective,
Chemistry. having a valence of three.
- 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.
- 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.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- 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.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- tantivies
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noun,
a gallop; rush.
- Lavoisier
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noun,
Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- elevation
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noun,
the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
- laterites
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- sail-over
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noun,
a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- televisor
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noun,
an apparatus for transmitting or receiving television.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- iterative
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adjective,
repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
- overstate
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verb (used with object),
to state too strongly; exaggerate:
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- lenitives
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noun,
a lenitive medicine or application.
- olivenite
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noun,
a mineral, basic copper arsenate, Cu 4 As 2 O 8 (OH) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses, usually olive-green in color.
- troilites
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- variolite
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noun,
a rock embedded with varioles; a variolitic rock.
- ventilate
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verb (used with object),
to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- 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.
- naiveties
-
noun,
naiveté.
- Aristotle
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noun,
384–322 b.c, Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- lotteries
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noun,
a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
- 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.
- literates
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- novelties
-
noun,
state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness:
- 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.
- novitiate
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noun,
the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- varieties
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noun,
the state of being varied or diversified:
- versatile
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adjective,
capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.:
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- anteverts
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verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- levirates
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noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- levanters
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noun,
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- ovalities
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noun,
the quality or state of being oval.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- resolvent
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noun,
something resolvent.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- tolerates
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tervalent
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adjective,
trivalent.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- etiolates
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- resilient
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adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- inviolate
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adjective,
free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
- isolative
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adjective,
noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- relatives
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- Intervale
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noun,
a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- Tiverton
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noun,
a town in SE Rhode Island.
- varioles
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noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- 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.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- 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.
- vanities
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noun,
excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit:
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- levities
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noun,
lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- veinlets
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noun,
a small vein.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- 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.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- navettes
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noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- ventails
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noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- etiolate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- Slovenia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- velation
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noun,
pronunciation with velar articulation.
- Vaseline
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- tolerate
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- levitate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to rise or float in the air.
- liveries
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noun,
a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- elevator
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noun,
a person or thing that elevates or raises.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- 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.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- 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.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- elatives
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noun,
an elative case.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- interval
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noun,
an intervening period of time:
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- levirate
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noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- isolette
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- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- 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.
- Levanter
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noun,
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- troilite
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- 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.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- lenitive
-
noun,
a lenitive medicine or application.
- lenities
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- entitles
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- 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.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- estivate
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verb (used without object),
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
- 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.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- vitrines
-
noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- vitriols
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, as copper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfate or white vitriol, etc.
- 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.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- ravelins
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noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- 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.
- vineries
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noun,
a place or enclosure in which vines, especially grapevines, are grown.
- Olivette
-
noun,
a large floodlight having a single bulb.
- raviolis
-
noun,
small cases of pasta, often square, stuffed with a filling, usually of meat or cheese, and often served with a tomato sauce.
- Vittoria
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Victoria.
- novelist
-
noun,
a person who writes novels.
- rotative
-
adjective,
rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- Verlaine
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
- retinite
-
noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- visional
-
adjective,
of or relating to visions.
- oleaster
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- olivines
-
noun,
Mineralogy. any of a group of magnesium iron silicates, (Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4 , occurring in olive-green to gray-green masses as an important constituent of basic igneous rocks.
- 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.
- visitant
-
noun,
a temporary resident; visitor; guest.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- vitiates
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verb (used with object),
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- 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.
- aortitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- vitrains
-
noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- airlines
-
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.
- retinols
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- senorita
-
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.
- antevert
-
verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- verities
-
noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- renovate
-
adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- ventrals
-
adjective,
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- votaries
-
noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- relative
-
noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- niteries
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- overlain
-
verb,
past participle of overlie.
- Voltaire
-
noun,
(François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- volitant
-
adjective,
engaged in or having the power of flight.
- overeats
-
verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- overline
-
noun,
a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- relievos
-
noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- violates
-
verb (used with object),
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- ovaritis
-
noun,
oophoritis.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- reenlist
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- revision
-
noun,
the act or work of revising.
- nitrites
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- noisette
-
noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- nitriles
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- aerolite
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- relevant
-
adjective,
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- isation
-
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- revisal
-
noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- Telstar
-
- reviles
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- reveals
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- oversea
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- overlie
-
verb (used with object),
to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overset
-
noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- teleost
-
noun,
Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- ivories
-
noun,
the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- evasion
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- relievo
-
noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- tonlets
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- etalons
-
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.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- Estonia
-
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.
- ravioli
-
noun,
small cases of pasta, often square, stuffed with a filling, usually of meat or cheese, and often served with a tomato sauce.
- ravelin
-
noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- resolve
-
noun,
a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- intitle
-
verb (used with object),
entitle.
- invites
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- overeat
-
verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- inverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- Introit
-
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.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- overate
-
verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- estival
-
adjective,
pertaining or appropriate to summer.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- norites
-
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.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litotes
-
noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- seleno-
-
- Novalis
-
noun,
(pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- stative
-
adjective,
(of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses:
- Seattle
-
noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- stearin
-
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.
- stearo-
-
- steato-
-
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- settlor
-
noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- several
-
noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- nettles
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- nervate
-
adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- silvern
-
adjective,
made of or like silver.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- servile
-
adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- navette
-
noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- solvent
-
noun,
a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- slotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- Slovene
-
noun,
one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovenia.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- solvate
-
noun,
a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- revolts
-
noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- 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.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Leavitt
-
noun,
Henrietta, 1868–1921, U.S. astronomer.
- leavens
-
noun,
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- strato-
-
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- rilievo
-
noun,
relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- ovaries
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- strati-
-
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- sterno-
-
- saltire
-
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.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- stereo-
-
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- liaison
-
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.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- leviter
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- leviers
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- levator
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body.
Compare depressor.
- levants
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Olivier
-
noun,
Laurence (Kerr) [kur;; British kahr,, kair] /kɜr;; British kɑr,, kɛər/ (Show IPA), (Baron Olivier of Brighton) 1907–89, English actor and director.
- olivine
-
noun,
Mineralogy. any of a group of magnesium iron silicates, (Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4 , occurring in olive-green to gray-green masses as an important constituent of basic igneous rocks.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- letters
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Stilton
-
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Livonia
-
noun,
a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- vitiate
-
verb (used with object),
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- vitrine
-
noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- entero-
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- 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.
- vitrain
-
noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Vitoria
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-th ees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈðis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1546, Spanish scholar and theologian.
- enslave
-
verb (used with object),
to make a slave of; reduce to slavery:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- 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.
- trestle
-
noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- Trevino
-
noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- antero-
-
- ventail
-
noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- visitor
-
noun,
a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- vitriol
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, as copper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfate or white vitriol, etc.
- ailette
-
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.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- Ventose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- travels
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- travois
-
noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- entitle
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Treviso
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- transl.
-
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Avertin
-
- elative
-
noun,
an elative case.
- virions
-
noun,
the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- valines
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- violate
-
verb (used with object),
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- Valerie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- trivets
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- trivial
-
adjective,
of very little importance or value; insignificant:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- violist
-
noun,
a person who plays the viol.
- violent
-
adjective,
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- variole
-
noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- astrol.
-
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- elitist
-
noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- alevins
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- veinlet
-
noun,
a small vein.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- Torenia
-
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.
- 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.
- Elinvar
-
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- varlets
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- elevons
-
noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- 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.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- erosive
-
adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- ventro-
-
- ventri-
-
- ventral
-
adjective,
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- vittles
-
noun,
victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- volante
-
adverb, adjective,
moving lightly and quickly.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- aristo-
-
- tortile
-
adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- arseno-
-
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Averil
-
noun,
a male given name.
- selen-
-
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Vatter
-
noun,
a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
- 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.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- violas
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- 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.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- 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).
- varlet
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- 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:
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- vineal
-
adjective,
of or relating to grapes or grapevines.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- loaves
-
noun,
plural of loaf1 .
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- 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.
- livres
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- Vernal
-
adjective,
of or relating to spring:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- livers
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- livens
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- alvine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the belly; intestinal.
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- 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.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- levier
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- valent
-
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Levite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- Valens
-
noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
- V/STOL
-
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- Levine
-
noun,
Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- levies
-
noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Levant
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- 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.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- valine
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- vario-
-
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- 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.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- rivets
-
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.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- steno-
-
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- rivals
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- avoir.
-
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- valors
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Valois
-
noun,
a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
- valise
-
noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- versal
-
adjective,
universal or whole.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- velars
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- 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.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- Oliver
-
noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Olivia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Olive.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- serval
-
noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- servo-
-
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- navels
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- Silvia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “forest.”.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- ventr-
-
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- 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.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Silver
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Nerval
-
noun,
Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- arsen-
-
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- nitro-
-
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- astro-
-
- aniso-
-
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- salvor
-
noun,
a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- astron
-
- Vetter
-
noun,
Vätter.
- velate
-
adjective,
Biology. having a velum.
- 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.
- 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.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lovats
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- vestal
-
noun,
vestal virgin.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- venial
-
adjective,
able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- 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.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- slavo-
-
- sleave
-
noun,
anything matted or raveled.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- snivel
-
noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- sloven
-
noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- Velsen
-
noun,
a seaport in W Netherlands.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- lovers
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- Silvan
-
noun,
a person dwelling in a woodland region.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- 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.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- invite
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- invars
-
- tetra-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- vittle
-
noun,
victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- travel
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- instr.
-
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- intra-
-
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- enter-
-
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- elvers
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- Elvira
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terat-
-
- 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.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- Irvine
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- vitals
-
plural noun,
those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Evetta
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- 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.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- voiles
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Volans
-
noun,
the Flying Fish, a southern constellation between Carina and Hydrus.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Volant
-
noun,
Also called volant piece. Armor. a reinforcing piece for the brow of a helmet.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- 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.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- 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.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- aeron.
-
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Tivoli
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, E of Rome: ruins of Roman villas.
Ancient Tibur.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Iletin
-
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- iatro-
-
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- 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.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- lavers
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- virion
-
noun,
the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- virile
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man; masculine; manly:
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- elevon
-
noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- 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.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- 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.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Violet
-
noun,
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
Compare violet family.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- violin
-
noun,
the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- revolt
-
noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- leaven
-
noun,
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- trivet
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- svelte
-
adjective,
slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Leavis
-
noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- leaves
-
noun,
plural of leaf.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Lavern
-
noun,
Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Visine
-
- alevin
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- 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.
- laevo-
-
- 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.
- teleo-
-
- vision
-
noun,
the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- 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.
- reveal
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarso-
-
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sanit
-
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- volti
-
verb (imperative),
turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- vols.
-
- volts
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- volar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Salvo
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- vino-
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- 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.
- vitta
-
noun,
Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Viola
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- 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.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- veter
-
- 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.
- rival
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- verts
-
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.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- voila
-
interjection,
(used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
- vini-
-
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- rivet
-
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.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- vital
-
adjective,
of or relating to life:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tele-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telo-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- 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.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- toti-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- 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.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Tevet
-
noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- 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.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treas
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- 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.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- 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.
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- veni-
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- venal
-
adjective,
willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- 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.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- 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.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- valet
-
noun,
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- vari-
-
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- ster.
-
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- valor
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- vairs
-
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).
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- 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.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- 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).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- vaso-
-
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- nears
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 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.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- ento-
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- navel
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- evens
-
- lovat
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- Evatt
-
noun,
Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- 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.
- 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.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- avers
-
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- atto-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- nitr-
-
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- 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.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- nival
-
adjective,
of or growing in snow:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- ative
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- 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.
- 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.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Leven
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- Iran.
-
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- levo-
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- ition
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- ilio-
-
- 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.
- ileo-
-
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- IATSE
-
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- insol
-
- invt.
-
- Invar
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- intr.
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- init.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- 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.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- 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.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- OSlav
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Alvin
-
noun,
a town in S Texas.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- 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.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ante-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- areo-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- orial
-
- anvil
-
noun,
a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- 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:
- anti-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 30-30
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- 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.
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- over-
-
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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).
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- oste-
-
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- astr.
-
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- ation
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arnel
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aire
-
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- avn.
-
- att.
-
- vel.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- var.
-
- AISI
-
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- ter.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Ire.
-
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- 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.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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 = .
- inv.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- vair
-
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).
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- val.
-
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Alis
-
- int.
-
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- intl
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- iso-
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- volt
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- VTOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Ave.
-
- ates
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- vas-
-
- aet.
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- attn
-
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- VLSI
-
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Vat.
-
- itis
-
- itol
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- ator
-
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- ANSI
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- ELAS
-
- vert
-
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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ant.
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- trit
-
- vet.
-
- Veno
-
- ano-
-
- 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.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- eso-
-
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ARIS
-
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- tri-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Ens.
-
- art.
-
- vers
-
- 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.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elev
-
- trav
-
- 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).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- alt.
-
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- ile-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Tit.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Ven.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- inae
-
- 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.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tRNA
-
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- vil.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- vin-
-
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- tron
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- serv
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rel.
-
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Nev.
-
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Nov.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- not-
-
- 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.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- nav.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- NTIA
-
- soln
-
- RIIA
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ovi-
-
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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).
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rev.
-
- 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.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Ravi
-
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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- riv.
-
- RNAS
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- 1080
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lev.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- 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:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Soni
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lin.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lat.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Ste.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- str.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- ITA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ISV
-
- aor
-
- Rs.
-
- 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.
- ite
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RSA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- RSE
-
- ise
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Isl
-
- Ola
-
- ASV
-
- at.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- ASR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Les
-
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SAR
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- RSV
-
- ist
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Ver
-
- So.
-
- ARS
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ASN
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ISR
-
- ase
-
- ons
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ASI
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROA
-
- STV
-
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- VLA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- VOA
-
- 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.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- vo.
-
- REA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- an.
-
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- Vt.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- al.
-
- VOR
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- Ar.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- av.
-
- ae.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- vol
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- La.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ot-
-
- RNA
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OTA
-
- ROI
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ITV
-
- SVR
-
- Orv
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ote
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- Re.
-
- TAL
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ov-
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- OTS
-
- Lt.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- OSA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NEA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- in.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Sr.
-
- ne-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LON
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- SLA
-
- STL
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- 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.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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:
- NES
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ine
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sta
-
- env
-
- EOE
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- TIA
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- 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.
- ETV
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ETS
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- io-
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- TNT
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SLR
-
- LTA
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- SLE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ERV
-
- ESA
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- IAS
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- lv.
-
- ETO
-
- ltr
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- vs.
-
- NSA
-
- ATV
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- a-v
-
- TTS
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- TVA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- IRL
-
- Avi
-
- Va.
-
- NRA
-
- IOT
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Ir.
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- STI
-
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- nr.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- TSI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- OAS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- 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).
- EEO
-
- Tro
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- eo-
-
- ior
-
- IRO
-
- Ios
-
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.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- N.
-
- VL
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- i.
-
- ee
-
- TN
-
- ol
-
- AO
-
- VN
-
- 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.
- OA
-
- O.
-
- LR
-
- TL
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NV
-
- SN
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- 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.
- NL
-
- EI
-
- ln
-
- TT
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- 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.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- SV
-
- RO
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- T1
-
- RV
-
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- t.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EV
-
- le
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- VR
-
- SL
-
- VI
-
- V.
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- L.
-