Anagrams of searchlight
Word searchlight has
1349 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of searchlight.
- lich-gate
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noun,
a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- litharges
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noun,
a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- Reichstag
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noun,
the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- lethargic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- trachles
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noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- teiglach
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noun,
a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- glitches
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noun,
a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- hatchels
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noun,
hackle1 (def 5).
- high-sea
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noun,
the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
- litharge
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noun,
a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- Scaliger
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noun,
Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- agrestic
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adjective,
rural; rustic.
- ace-high
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adjective,
(of a poker hand) having an ace as the highest card.
- Lachish
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noun,
a Canaanite city captured by Joshua: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- alright
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adverb,
all right.
- Thraces
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noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- alights
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adverb, adjective,
provided with light; lighted up.
- aitches
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noun,
the letter H, h.
- cahiers
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noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Algiers
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- harslet
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- Cherish
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verb (used with object),
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for:
- algetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- largish
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adjective,
rather large.
- theriac
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- gracile
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adjective,
gracefully slender.
- sleight
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noun,
skill; dexterity.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- glacier
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noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- glaires
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- hearths
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noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- thalers
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noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- slither
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noun,
a slithering movement; slide.
- latches
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noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- heights
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noun,
extent or distance upward:
- hegaris
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noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- hegiras
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noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- glister
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- archit.
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- archils
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noun,
orchil.
- hatches
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noun,
the act of hatching.
- hatchel
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noun,
hackle1 (def 5).
- lighter
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noun,
a person or thing that lights or ignites.
- slather
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noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- halters
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noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- healths
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noun,
the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
- chalets
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noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- ethical
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adjective,
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- gastric
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adjective,
pertaining to the stomach.
- charges
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noun,
expense or cost:
- larches
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noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- cashier
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noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- Charles
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noun,
(Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II).
- Raleigh
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noun,
Sir Walter. Also, Ralegh, 1552?–1618, English explorer and writer, a favorite of Elizabeth I.
- trachle
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noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- tragics
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noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- garlics
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- hitches
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noun,
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
- Chagres
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noun,
a river in Panama, flowing through Gatun Lake into the Caribbean Sea.
- Gathers
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noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- ratches
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noun,
a ratchet.
- Ehrlich
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noun,
Paul [poul] /paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1915, German physician, bacteriologist, and chemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1908.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- lathers
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noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- rhachis
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noun,
rachis.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- ligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- halites
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noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- satchel
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noun,
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.
- Charlie
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noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- laighs
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noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- chital
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noun,
axis deer.
- Rheita
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noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- legits
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noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Richet
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noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Glaser
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noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- Christ
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noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- Strega
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- glairs
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- Ilesha
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- glares
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noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Lehigh
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noun,
a river in E Pennsylvania, flowing SW and SE into the Delaware River. 103 miles (165 km) long.
- starch
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noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- chaser
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noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- glitch
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noun,
a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- cheths
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noun,
heth.
- chaste
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adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- Lister
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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.
- Greats
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- gratis
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adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grates
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noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grilse
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noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- cherts
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noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- grails
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Charis
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noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- chairs
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noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Graces
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noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- riches
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- charge
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noun,
expense or cost:
- Chiles
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noun,
chili.
- chiral
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adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- charts
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noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chalet
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noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- chisel
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noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chaise
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noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- griths
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noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- cheats
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noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- glaire
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- ligate
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- Elisha
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noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- Israel
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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
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- gather
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noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- Gathic
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noun,
an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written.
Compare Avestan.
- ligase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- eights
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noun,
crazy eights.
- gaslit
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noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- eighth
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noun,
an eighth part, especially of one (⅛).
- Sarthe
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- sheath
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noun,
a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- Sheila
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noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Shelta
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noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- geisha
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noun,
a Japanese woman trained as a professional singer, dancer, and companion for men.
- gastr-
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- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- shicer
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noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- itches
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noun,
the sensation of itching.
- scathe
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noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- gaiter
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- scler-
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- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- lichts
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noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- ethics
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noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- search
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noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- liches
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noun,
the body; the trunk.
- scaler
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Gareth
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noun,
Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
- eschar
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noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- garish
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adjective,
crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garlic
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- garths
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noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- gelati
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noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- stager
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- girths
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noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- lights
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noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- lagers
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noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- rights
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) civil rights.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- glaces
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- glacis
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noun,
a gentle slope.
- sleigh
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noun,
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- sachet
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noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- Shilha
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noun,
a Berber language, the language of the Shluh.
- saithe
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noun,
pollock.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- earths
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- gerahs
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noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- Ishtar
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noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- rachis
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noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- silage
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- Sirach
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noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- laches
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noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- gestic
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adjective,
pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ligers
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noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- slatch
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noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Gaelic
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noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- cerat-
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- archt.
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- hights
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noun,
height.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- thresh
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noun,
the act of threshing.
- health
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noun,
the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- tirage
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noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- lathis
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noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- thrash
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noun,
an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- haters
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noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Highet
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noun,
Gilbert, 1906–78, U.S. writer and classical scholar.
- Thrale
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noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- recti-
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- litres
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noun,
liter.
- Hastie
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noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- height
-
noun,
extent or distance upward:
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- hasher
-
noun,
a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- Hirsch
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noun,
John Stephen, 1930–1989, Canadian stage director, born in Hungary.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tergal
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adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- Hearst
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noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- heaths
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noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- Hegira
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- hegari
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noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- archil
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noun,
orchil.
- argils
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noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- agric.
-
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- aright
-
adverb,
rightly; correctly; properly:
- aglets
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noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- archi-
-
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- thirls
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trich-
-
- 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.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- helic-
-
- thighs
-
noun,
the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.
- Achish
-
noun,
the king of the Philistine city of Gath, who twice gave refuge to David. I Sam. 21:10–15.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- relish
-
noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- alight
-
adverb, adjective,
provided with light; lighted up.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- rehash
-
noun,
the act of rehashing.
- hither
-
Idioms,
hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there:
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- sarc-
-
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- 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.
- highs
-
noun,
Automotive. high gear:
- heths
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hist.
-
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- IATSE
-
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- hitch
-
noun,
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Garth
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- Icel.
-
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- hight
-
noun,
height.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- hier-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- g-cal
-
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- harsh
-
adjective,
ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect:
- Regt.
-
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rhet.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- relig
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Lith.
-
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- rect.
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- heigh
-
interjection,
(an exclamation used to call attention, give encouragement, etc.)
- Ghats
-
noun,
Eastern Ghats.
- Light
-
noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- ghast
-
adjective,
ghastly.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- Helga
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- heli-
-
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ichth
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Recit
-
- girsh
-
noun,
qirsh.
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- Hecht
-
noun,
Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- hect-
-
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- Legis
-
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- tech.
-
- lect.
-
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- astr.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- tera-
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- arith
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cert.
-
- Isth.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Cath.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- 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.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aeri-
-
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- actg.
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- treas
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- acet-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- 30-30
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- arche
-
- Arch.
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- 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.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- thigh
-
noun,
the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- shtg.
-
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Shiah
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- Shilh
-
noun,
a member of a mountain people of Morocco.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- lgth.
-
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lact-
-
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- 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.
- crit.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- Ital.
-
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- Esth.
-
- sect.
-
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- licet
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Seric
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- seti-
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- sight
-
noun,
the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- stge.
-
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- char-
-
- 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.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- laigh
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Srta.
-
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- 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:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- leg.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 1080
-
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- thi-
-
- str.
-
- stlg
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stg.
-
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sra.
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sigh
-
noun,
the act or sound of sighing.
- Sig.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- shr.
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tri-
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- the-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- ter.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tchr
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rel.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reg.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Shah
-
noun,
(formerly, in Iran) king; sovereign.
- shag
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- lea.
-
- sech
-
- sec.
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- scr.
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- sch.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- etc.
-
- cat.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Gish
-
noun,
Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- gras
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- hehs
-
noun,
he2 .
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hash
-
noun,
a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- ates
-
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- gres
-
- hal-
-
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- atic
-
- hags
-
noun,
an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
- Hag.
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- 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.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Ger.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- crat
-
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clar
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ergs
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ELAS
-
- Cres
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- ect-
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ctr.
-
- 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.
- cts.
-
- 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.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Chal
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chg.
-
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gash
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- cis-
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gal.
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Chr.
-
- chs.
-
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Eth.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- her.
-
- ile-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- aet.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agit
-
- agr.
-
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- agst
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- aer-
-
- ICSH
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ical
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Alis
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTH
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Alg.
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- High
-
noun,
Automotive. high gear:
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hgt.
-
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- Arg.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- ARIS
-
- asc-
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- art.
-
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- SLA
-
- cle
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SLR
-
- Sr.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSH
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- th-
-
- TRH
-
- TSI
-
- ACS
-
- Eg.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ASR
-
- ase
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- at.
-
- CTA
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- cte
-
- CRS
-
- SLE
-
- ae.
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ASI
-
- ctg
-
- ast
-
- ag-
-
- CLR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- al.
-
- CLI
-
- Ar.
-
- ATC
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ARS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIC
-
- STL
-
- CAI
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CGS
-
- THC
-
- CGI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- CEA
-
- 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.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- 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.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TAL
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- AHL
-
- AHE
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- TLC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AGC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- cl.
-
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- Agh
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- 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.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- STI
-
- TCS
-
- ct.
-
- TCA
-
- Agt
-
- AEC
-
- LCT
-
- ea.
-
- Hts
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- ics
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Re.
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- ltr
-
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- GTS
-
- HIH
-
- 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.
- hr.
-
- HRH
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- has
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noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- HAT
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noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
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- heh
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noun,
he2 .
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- Hel
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noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- REA
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- RCT
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- RCA
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- het
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noun,
a heterosexual person.
- RCS
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- LTh
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- gt.
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- LAC
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noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ITA
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- ITC
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- ite
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- La.
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lg.
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- Lt.
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
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- ist
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lag
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noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
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- LCI
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ISR
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- LTA
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- ILS
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- LST
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- LSI
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- LSC
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- ich
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noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ier
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- IHS
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- il-
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ir.
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- Isl
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- IRC
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- IRL
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- IRS
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- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- ise
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- ish
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- GTC
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- HSH
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- GSR
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- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ESL
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- ESR
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- ETR
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- ETS
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- Ga.
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- gi.
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- Esc
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- GAS
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noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Gat
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noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GSC
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- sc.
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- GCA
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- GCE
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- GCI
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- GCR
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- GCT
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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).
- SAR
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- Ehr
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sht
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
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- ECA
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- ECG
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- shh
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interjection,
sh.
- eir
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- ESA
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- she
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noun,
a female person or animal.
- EIS
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SHA
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- Sgt
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- Gel
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Ges
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- CST
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- RTS
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- Rs.
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- Gil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- gl.
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- Gr.
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- gre
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- GSA
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RSA
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- GHA
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- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- SAE
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- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- LC
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- GH
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- LH
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- CE
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- L1
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- L2
-
- h.
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- HH
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- rg
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- i.
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- TC
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- EI
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- L.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- HL
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- G.
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- LR
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- T1
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- SL
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- IG
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- HG
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- SG
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- le
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SA
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- S.
-
- TG
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ic
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- RC
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- t.
-
- TL
-
- GC
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- RH
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RI
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- R.
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