Anagrams of self-assertion
Word self-assertion has
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- sans-serif
-
noun,
a style of monotonal type without serifs.
- Florissant
-
noun,
a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- arsenolite
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- stoneflies
-
noun,
any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- essentials
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- insolates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- interleaf
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noun,
an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
- fatnesses
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noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- stainless
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adjective,
having no stain; spotless.
- relations
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- felonries
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noun,
the whole body or class of felons.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- sarsenets
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- reflation
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noun,
restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- Firestone
-
noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- flatirons
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- softeners
-
noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- foresails
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- fasteners
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- essential
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- noiseless
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adjective,
accompanied by or making little or no noise; silent; quiet:
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- entresols
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- oleasters
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- frontless
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adjective,
shameless; unblushing.
- essonites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- lionesses
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noun,
a female lion.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- arsonists
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- farnesols
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- reenlists
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- free-soil
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noun,
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
- floaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- farnesol
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- fastener
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- fastness
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noun,
a secure or fortified place; stronghold:
- snifters
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- fairness
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noun,
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness:
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- salterns
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noun,
a saltworks.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- felonies
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noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- tearless
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adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- softener
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- florists
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- fearless
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adjective,
without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- fealties
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noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- noteless
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adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- easiness
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noun,
the quality or condition of being easy.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- tireless
-
adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- sestinas
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- safroles
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- safeties
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noun,
the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- seilenos
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noun,
Silenus.
- oralists
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Sisseton
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- felsites
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- stenosis
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noun,
a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- fireless
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adjective,
lacking fire; without a fire.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- trefoils
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- freesias
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- restless
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adjective,
characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest:
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- fresnels
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- frontals
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- flatiron
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- rissoles
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- saltires
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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.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- anisoles
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Trilafon
-
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- saltness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being salt or salty.
- frissons
-
noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- forints
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noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- fitness
-
noun,
health.
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- stereo-
-
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- listers
-
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.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Sisters
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- loesses
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Fresnel
-
noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- eslisor
-
noun,
elisor.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sinless
-
adjective,
free from or without sin.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- sifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- frontal
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- siestas
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- session
-
noun,
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
- sessile
-
adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- frisson
-
noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- strafes
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- serosas
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- stifles
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- forests
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- essoins
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- entero-
-
- sterno-
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- flenses
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ensiles
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- silanes
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- filasse
-
noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- softens
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- fatsoes
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- flosses
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Stassen
-
noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- stearo-
-
- fatness
-
noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- fastens
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- finesse
-
noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- florets
-
noun,
a small flower.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- insoles
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- fertile
-
adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- ferlies
-
noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- festers
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- lassoes
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- florins
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- fiestas
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- florist
-
noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Fiesole
-
noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Fosters
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- fossils
-
noun,
any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- telsons
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- lessors
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- Flossie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- lessens
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- falters
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- telfers
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- fraises
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- infests
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- enserfs
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- asserts
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assents
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- osseins
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- osselet
-
noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- assoils
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- resoles
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- ostlers
-
noun,
hostler.
- seasons
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- resists
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- tresses
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- astrol.
-
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- trefoil
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- assorts
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- resiles
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- sanseis
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- transf.
-
- reliefs
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- reflets
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- sarsens
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- anstoss
-
noun,
(in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.
- antero-
-
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- arseno-
-
- trasses
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- rassles
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- transl.
-
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- seleno-
-
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- rissole
-
noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- Onassis
-
noun,
Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- stasis
-
noun,
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- fossil
-
noun,
any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- instr.
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- steno-
-
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- infra-
-
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- steres
-
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- iatro-
-
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- lasses
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- losses
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- sisals
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- selen-
-
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- nesses
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Sestos
-
noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- senses
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sifnos
-
noun,
Siphnos.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sasins
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- softas
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- lassos
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- slates
-
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.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- lesses
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- aniso-
-
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- trans.
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- feasts
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- fesses
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tarso-
-
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- tasses
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- arsen-
-
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- firsts
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- enter-
-
- aeron.
-
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- Florin
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- flori-
-
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- assist
-
noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- strass
-
noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stress
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- foists
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- fatsos
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- astron
-
- teleo-
-
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- afters
-
- astro-
-
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- orial
-
- self-
-
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- ation
-
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- sero-
-
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- seti-
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- TOEFL
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sans.
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sanit
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- treas
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- alto-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- alti-
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- salts
-
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.
- anis-
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- aeri-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- aero-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sails
-
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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Afro-
-
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- asst.
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nears
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- tonia
-
- assn.
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seats
-
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.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- oste-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sates
-
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.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- refl.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- saris
-
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.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Arnel
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- IATSE
-
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- tears
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- ster.
-
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- fires
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Iran.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- feti-
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Srta.
-
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- filos
-
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- insol
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ileo-
-
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Ital.
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- 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.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- tera-
-
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sito-
-
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- naso-
-
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- fore-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ento-
-
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Sino-
-
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fort.
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- flor.
-
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Freon
-
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- tele-
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Fris.
-
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Floss
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- teno-
-
- 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.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tron
-
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tRNA
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- str.
-
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ter.
-
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sers
-
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).
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sat.
-
- soln
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Soni
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- SASE
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sra.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Ste.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 1080
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ens.
-
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- ELAS
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- 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:
- lit.
-
- enl.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- FRSS
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Fin.
-
- filt
-
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frs.
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- FRSL
-
- frt.
-
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- FERA
-
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Fla.
-
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- FLRA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FOIA
-
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- ile-
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- ESIS
-
- ISSN
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- itol
-
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- inae
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ANSI
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ant.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ole-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARIS
-
- Ont.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ref.
-
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Aire
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- art.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- aet.
-
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- NIRA
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- not-
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- aer-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- RONA
-
- ASSR
-
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- afr-
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- asis
-
- RNAS
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- NTIA
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ator
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- ates
-
- TAL
-
- Ar.
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Fl.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- an.
-
- TSE
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Af.
-
- ae.
-
- TSI
-
- al.
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fia
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- FIO
-
- AFL
-
- AEF
-
- 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.
- Tro
-
- FET
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- ese
-
- trf
-
- tfr
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- TIA
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- EOE
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- EOF
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ASR
-
- ea.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- efl
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEO
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- ef-
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ean
-
- eir
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- EIS
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ASN
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- fo.
-
- ANF
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ESR
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tr.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ASI
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- tra
-
- ESL
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- aor
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- SRO
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NLF
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- OSA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- OSF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OAS
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- of-
-
- OFr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NIA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- LTA
-
- SLA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LON
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- ltr
-
- NFS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NSF
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NFL
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONF
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- RFA
-
- RFE
-
- RFI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROI
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTF
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SAR
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ot-
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- OSS
-
- OTA
-
- REA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Re.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAF
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TSS
-
- SSN
-
- ial
-
- SSR
-
- IAS
-
- SLE
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SRS
-
- SAE
-
- SST
-
- Ia.
-
- ISR
-
- Sr.
-
- ist
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- SSS
-
- St.
-
- ILO
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- in.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ine
-
- IOF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- Sta
-
- ier
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ITA
-
- STI
-
- ft.
-
- SOF
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- FSR
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lif
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SLR
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- FSA
-
- ite
-
- STL
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- La.
-
- LaF
-
- Lt.
-
- Frl
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- FOT
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- FOS
-
- ILS
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- AO
-
- S.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RF
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- RO
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- i.
-
- t.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NI
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- TN
-
- SF
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TL
-
- le
-
- NF
-
- L.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- fn
-
- LR
-
- LF
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- SN
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NL
-
- RN
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- FE
-
- ol
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- OA
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.