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- arsenolite
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- elevations
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noun,
the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
- Revelation
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noun,
the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- televisor
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noun,
an apparatus for transmitting or receiving television.
- 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.
- levanters
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noun,
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- Intervale
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noun,
a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- elevation
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noun,
the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises:
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- tonsorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a barber or barbering:
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Roosevelt
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noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- ovarioles
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noun,
any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- novelties
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noun,
state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness:
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- 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.
- sail-over
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noun,
a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- oleoresin
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noun,
a mixture of an essential oil and a resin, found in nature.
- viosterol
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noun,
a vitamin D preparation produced by the irradiation of ergosterol.
- 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.
- versatile
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adjective,
capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.:
- 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.
- resolvent
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noun,
something resolvent.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- relatives
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- 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.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Slovenia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- overtone
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noun,
Music. an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- overline
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noun,
a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- overlain
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verb,
past participle of overlie.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- ovations
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noun,
an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
- 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.
- nitroso-
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- Vaseline
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- ovariole
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noun,
any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- Levanter
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noun,
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- violates
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verb (used with object),
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- elevator
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noun,
a person or thing that elevates or raises.
- velation
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noun,
pronunciation with velar articulation.
- Stanovoi
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noun,
a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- violones
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noun,
a double bass.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- elatives
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noun,
an elative case.
- relievos
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noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- 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.
- relevant
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adjective,
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- relative
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- veinlets
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noun,
a small vein.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- ravelins
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noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- 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.
- 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.
- ventails
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noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Verlaine
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- ventrals
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adjective,
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- interval
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noun,
an intervening period of time:
- oilstone
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- 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.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- varioles
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noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- 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.
- Voltaire
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noun,
(François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- 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.
- novelist
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noun,
a person who writes novels.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- ortolans
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noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- solvent
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noun,
a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:
- Vereins
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- reveals
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noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- resolve
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noun,
a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- solvate
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noun,
a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- ventro-
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- versant
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noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- stearo-
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- soliton
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- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- reviles
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- violent
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adjective,
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
- revisal
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noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- ventri-
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- travois
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noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- revolts
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noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- Elinvar
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- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- valines
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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;
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- seleno-
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- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- elative
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noun,
an elative case.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- travels
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noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- Eleanor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- verites
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noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Livorno
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noun,
a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- veritas
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noun,
truth.
- elevons
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noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- violone
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noun,
a double bass.
- veriest
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adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- leviter
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- enolate
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noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- veteran
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noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- leavens
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noun,
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- servile
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adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- venters
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- estival
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adjective,
pertaining or appropriate to summer.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- several
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noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- Sievert
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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.
- silvern
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adjective,
made of or like silver.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- transl.
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- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- ventail
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noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- Trevino
-
noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- estrone
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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.
- Ventose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- servant
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noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Venetia
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noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ventral
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adjective,
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- enslave
-
verb (used with object),
to make a slave of; reduce to slavery:
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entero-
-
- leviers
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noun,
a person who levies.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- levator
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body.
Compare depressor.
- levants
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noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- roseola
-
noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- Slovene
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noun,
one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovenia.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- violate
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verb (used with object),
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- 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.
- erosive
-
adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- veinlet
-
noun,
a small vein.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- variole
-
noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- Orvieto
-
noun,
a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- alevins
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- lotions
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- nervate
-
adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- astrol.
-
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Novalis
-
noun,
(pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- aristo-
-
- volante
-
adverb, adjective,
moving lightly and quickly.
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- overlie
-
verb (used with object),
to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- arseno-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ravelin
-
noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- orioles
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- 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.
- varlets
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Valerie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ovation
-
noun,
an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
- Avertin
-
- 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.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- sterno-
-
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- overset
-
noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- oversea
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- antero-
-
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- 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.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- oolites
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- ovaries
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- overeat
-
verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- relievo
-
noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- 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.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- overate
-
verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- 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.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- stereo-
-
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Lavern
-
noun,
Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- V/STOL
-
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- osteo-
-
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- 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.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- 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.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- 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.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- Valens
-
noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- valent
-
- Vernal
-
adjective,
of or relating to spring:
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- 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.
- Oliver
-
noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- valise
-
noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- 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.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- varlet
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Novato
-
noun,
a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- vario-
-
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- ventr-
-
- laevo-
-
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- salvor
-
noun,
a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- lovats
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- velars
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- 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.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- reveal
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- 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.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- lovers
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Velsen
-
noun,
a seaport in W Netherlands.
- 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.
- loaves
-
noun,
plural of loaf1 .
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- velate
-
adjective,
Biology. having a velum.
- 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.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- 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.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- 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.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- versal
-
adjective,
universal or whole.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- venial
-
adjective,
able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- Nerval
-
noun,
Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
- 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.
- Leonov
-
noun,
Aleksey Arkhipovich [uh-lyi-ksyey uhr-khyee-puh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ ʌrˈkhyi pə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- 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.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rostov
-
noun,
a seaport in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Don River, near the Sea of Azov.
- Leavis
-
noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- leaves
-
noun,
plural of leaf.
- leaven
-
noun,
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- navels
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- 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.
- revolt
-
noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- 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).
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- Levite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- Levine
-
noun,
Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- rivals
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- levies
-
noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- levier
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Levant
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- livens
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- 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.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- avoir.
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- steno-
-
- 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.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- 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.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- 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.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- vitals
-
plural noun,
those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Averil
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 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):
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- enter-
-
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- violas
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- 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.
- 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.
- elevon
-
noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- elvers
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Elvira
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- svelte
-
adjective,
slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- snivel
-
noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- alvine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the belly; intestinal.
- volost
-
noun,
(formerly) a small administrative peasant division in Russia.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alevin
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- aeron.
-
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- 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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- aniso-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Volant
-
noun,
Also called volant piece. Armor. a reinforcing piece for the brow of a helmet.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Volans
-
noun,
the Flying Fish, a southern constellation between Carina and Hydrus.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- voiles
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- 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.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- teleo-
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tarso-
-
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- 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;
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- intro.
-
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- 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.
- intra-
-
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- 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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- vineal
-
adjective,
of or relating to grapes or grapevines.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- eroto-
-
- 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.
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- trans.
-
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- instr.
-
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Silvan
-
noun,
a person dwelling in a woodland region.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- 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.
- selen-
-
- invars
-
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- 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.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- iatro-
-
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- travel
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- vestal
-
noun,
vestal virgin.
- sloven
-
noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- 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.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- servo-
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- 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.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- 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;
- sleave
-
noun,
anything matted or raveled.
- slavo-
-
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tele-
-
- sanit
-
- over-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- 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.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- 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.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- tears
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Salvo
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- tono-
-
- 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.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- orial
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tonia
-
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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.
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- onto-
-
- 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).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- treas
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tera-
-
- OSlav
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- oste-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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:
- Orlon
-
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- 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.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- 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.
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- 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.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Srta.
-
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- 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.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- sito-
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- sero-
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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 .
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- seti-
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- 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).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ileo-
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- 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.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- voila
-
interjection,
(used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- 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.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- astr.
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ative
-
- venal
-
adjective,
willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
- ation
-
- 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.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- 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.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- Arnel
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- invt.
-
- Iran.
-
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- 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.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- lovat
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Invar
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- 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.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- 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.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Ital.
-
- vital
-
adjective,
of or relating to life:
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Viola
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- levo-
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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).
- veni-
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- Leven
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- naso-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- veter
-
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- noso-
-
- 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 .
- 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.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- volti
-
verb (imperative),
turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- vols.
-
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- valor
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- 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.
- evens
-
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- oleo-
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- 30-30
-
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- vari-
-
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- 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.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- 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.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- vaso-
-
- 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.
- areo-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- nears
-
- volar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- vino-
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- ante-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- nival
-
adjective,
of or growing in snow:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- insol
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- inst.
-
- anis-
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Volos
-
noun,
a seaport in E Thessaly, in E Greece: ancient ruins.
- Alvin
-
noun,
a town in S Texas.
- natl.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- navel
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- intr.
-
- 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.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- soln
-
- 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.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- 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.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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)
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Ens.
-
- eso-
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- vin-
-
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- est.
-
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- enl.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- 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).
- Sol.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- VLSI
-
- Soni
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- alt.
-
- ter.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- 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.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- VTOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- aer-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- Alis
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Ste.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Sra.
-
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elev
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- avn.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- str.
-
- ates
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ator
-
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ave.
-
- vil.
-
- vers
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- 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.
- 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.
- tron
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- vel.
-
- 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.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- neo-
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- nav.
-
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Ven.
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Rev.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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).
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- var.
-
- NTIA
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- vas-
-
- 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:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- 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.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- oro-
-
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- 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).
- not-
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Ont.
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- val.
-
- ole-
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- 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.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- Nev.
-
- Vat.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- 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.
- ovi-
-
- ovo-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- 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.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- nos-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- 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.
- itol
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lin.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Ire.
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- serv
-
- vet.
-
- 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.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- 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.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- inv.
-
- 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.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ins.
-
- trav
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- inae
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lani
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- RNAS
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- riv.
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RONA
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Lev.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- tRNA
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- 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.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- 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.
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Veno
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tri-
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- 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.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- tra
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- Vte
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Vt.
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- VTO
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- VLA
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- TSE
-
- vo.
-
- TSI
-
- vol
-
- TVA
-
- 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.
- VOR
-
- Tro
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- Ver
-
- vs.
-
- VOA
-
- Va.
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- tr.
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ose
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ISV
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- 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.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ITV
-
- La.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- lv.
-
- ltr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- 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.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LON
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lt.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- io-
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- 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:
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ATV
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ASV
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ARS
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Avi
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- av.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- a-v
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETV
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- ERV
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- eo-
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEO
-
- env
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- NES
-
- LTA
-
- NIA
-
- RSV
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- SER
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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).
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- 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.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- 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.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SVR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- STV
-
- STL
-
- STI
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SLR
-
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ROI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OIr
-
- OOT
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OIt
-
- 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.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OAO
-
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ote
-
- Re.
-
- OTS
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- OTA
-
- ov-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orv
-
- ot-
-
- OSO
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- NV
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- LR
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- OA
-
- N.
-
- L.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AO
-
- TL
-
- NL
-
- RN
-
- TN
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- SV
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- V.
-
- EV
-
- SL
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RV
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- SN
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- VR
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- VI
-
- VL
-
- ln
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- VN
-
- ol
-