Anagrams of self-insurance
Word self-insurance has
1763 anagrams
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- insurances
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noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- influencer
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noun,
a person or thing that influences:
- refinances
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verb (used with object),
to finance again.
- influences
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noun,
the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others:
- ceruleans
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adjective, noun,
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
- refinance
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verb (used with object),
to finance again.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- sunscreen
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noun,
a substance formulated to prevent sunburn, skin cancers, and other conditions caused by excessive exposure to the sun, usually by absorbing and reflecting ultraviolet radiation.
Compare SPF.
- Laurencin
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noun,
Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- insurance
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noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- influence
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noun,
the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others:
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- lace-fern
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noun,
a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- self-care
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noun,
care of the self without medical or other professional consultation.
- nucleases
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noun,
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- silencers
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- sinecures
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noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- frauleins
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noun,
an unmarried woman.
- cannelure
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noun,
a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cleansers
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- saliences
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- licensure
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noun,
the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- fricassee
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noun,
meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- increases
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- Fraulein
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noun,
an unmarried woman.
- leisures
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- inulases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- scalenus
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noun,
any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- 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.
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- cerulean
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adjective, noun,
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
- unifaces
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noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- leucines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- fresnels
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- censures
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noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- insnares
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- unlearns
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verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- licenses
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- insulars
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- fiancees
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noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- finances
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noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- flaneurs
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noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- cislunar
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adjective,
of or relating to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
- surcease
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noun,
cessation; end.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- arsenics
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- cleanser
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- cleanses
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- sinecure
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noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- fireless
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adjective,
lacking fire; without a fire.
- rescales
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- fineness
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noun,
the state or quality of being fine.
- silences
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- fluerics
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noun,
fluidics.
- Laurence
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noun,
Physics. a shimmering effect seen over a hot surface, such as a pavement or roadway, on a clear and calm day, caused by the irregular refraction of light.
Compare scintillation (def 4).
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- Arcesius
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noun,
a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- Francine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- insecure
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adjective,
subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured:
- issuance
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noun,
the act of issuing.
- anuresis
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noun,
retention of urine in the bladder.
- refusals
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noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- surfaces
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- fearless
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adjective,
without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- seculars
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noun,
a layperson.
- Lucianne
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noun,
a female given name.
- faceless
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adjective,
without a face:
- funicles
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noun,
the stalk of an ovule or seed.
- lucifers
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noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- scrannel
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adjective,
thin or slight.
- euclases
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noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- aesculin
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noun,
esculin.
- eucaines
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noun,
a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- causerie
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noun,
an informal talk or chat.
- senarius
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noun,
a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- senseful
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adjective,
full of reasonable sense; sound; judicious.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- careless
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adjective,
not paying enough attention to what one does:
- incenses
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- nuclease
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noun,
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- ensnares
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Seleucia
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noun,
an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- enuresis
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noun,
lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.
- casefies
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become like cheese.
- ensnarls
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verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- lucernes
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noun,
alfalfa.
- lunacies
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noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- funereal
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adjective,
of or suitable for a funeral.
- fairness
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noun,
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness:
- sanicles
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- fascines
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- Linnaeus
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noun,
Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- scunners
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noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- infernal
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adjective,
hellish; fiendish; diabolical:
- farceuse
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noun,
a woman skilled in farce.
- faiences
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noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- lucarnes
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noun,
a dormer window.
- unsnarls
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- Furness
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noun,
Horace Howard, 1833–1912, and his son Horace Howard, 1865–1930, U.S. Shakespearean scholars and editors.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sluices
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- funicle
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noun,
the stalk of an ovule or seed.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- funnels
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noun,
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
- Celsius
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noun,
Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Russian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- saucers
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- censure
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noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- flenses
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verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- Fulanis
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noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- fraises
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Francie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- cesuras
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noun,
caesura.
- Freesia
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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.
- funnies
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noun,
Informal. a funny remark or story; a joke:
- Freneau
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noun,
Philip, 1752–1832, U.S. poet and editor.
- Francis
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- slicers
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- funeral
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noun,
the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- furnace
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noun,
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- Frannie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Fresnel
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- flueric
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noun,
fluidics.
- fulness
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noun,
fullness.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Faneuil
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noun,
Peter, 1700–43, American merchant: builder of Faneuil Hall.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- sealers
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- faience
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noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- sensual
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adjective,
pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- failure
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noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- fancier
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noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- fancies
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noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- scunner
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noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- Eleusis
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noun,
a city in ancient Greece, in Attica.
- farcies
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noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- Farnese
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noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- easeful
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adjective,
comfortable; quiet; peaceful; restful.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- fascine
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- earfuls
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- scleras
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- enfaces
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verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- ensnarl
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verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- enserfs
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verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- ensures
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verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- euclase
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noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- secures
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adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- eucaine
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noun,
a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- felines
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- flaneur
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noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- filasse
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noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- scalers
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- creases
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Finance
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noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- Silenus
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noun,
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- Silures
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- finesse
-
noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- ficuses
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- sauries
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noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- saurels
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- fiscals
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- fissure
-
noun,
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- 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;
- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- fencers
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noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- fennecs
-
noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- sferics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
- cunners
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noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- fennels
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noun,
a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- ferlies
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noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- cuirass
-
noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- ferules
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noun,
Also, ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
- fiances
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noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- siennas
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- fescues
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noun,
Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
- silanes
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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.
- cruises
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- fiacres
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- silence
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- fiancee
-
noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- crissal
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adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- runnels
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- fusains
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noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- uracils
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noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- unreels
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verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- unseals
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- Susanne
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- unsnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- surface
-
noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- lucarne
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reliefs
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- Lucerne
-
noun,
alfalfa.
- leucine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- reseaus
-
noun,
a network.
- Lucifer
-
noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- sunrise
-
noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- resiles
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- ureases
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- auricle
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- Auslese
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a wine made in Germany from carefully selected ripe grapes.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- unlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- uniface
-
noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- unlearn
-
verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- unclean
-
adjective,
not clean; dirty.
- leisure
-
noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- refuels
-
verb (used with object),
to supply again with fuel:
- refusal
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- uncases
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- reissue
-
noun,
something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- recluse
-
noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- unnails
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- Laureen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- launces
-
noun,
sand lance.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rescues
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- refaces
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- incluse
-
noun,
recluse (def 2).
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- nuclear
-
noun,
nuclear energy:
- canfuls
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- usances
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- careful
-
adjective,
cautious in one's actions:
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- carfuls
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- ileuses
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- runless
-
adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- nuncles
-
noun,
uncle.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- inulase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- sucrase
-
noun,
invertase.
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- insular
-
noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- 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.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- Euless
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- fennel
-
noun,
a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- reface
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- fennec
-
noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- ensues
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- Felice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Felicia.
- scler-
-
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- scurfs
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- 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.
- Nueces
-
noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- 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.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- 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.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- nuncle
-
noun,
uncle.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- faeces
-
noun,
feces.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- fasces
-
noun,
a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
- selen-
-
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- Luanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- runnel
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- francs
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- 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.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- 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.
- reuses
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- fusils
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- fusees
-
noun,
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- furans
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- funnel
-
noun,
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infra-
-
- infula
-
noun,
one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- Fulani
-
noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- scarfs
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- 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.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- refuel
-
verb (used with object),
to supply again with fuel:
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- fescue
-
noun,
Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- ferule
-
noun,
Also, ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- refuse
-
noun,
something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleans
-
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- class.
-
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Arnulf
-
noun,
a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- arsen-
-
- unless
-
conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- 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.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- 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;
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- UNICEF
-
noun,
United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- unfair
-
adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- 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.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Calif.
-
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- Snefru
-
noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- canful
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carful
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sinful
-
adjective,
characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked:
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- census
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- sulfas
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- enface
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- 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.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- aeri-
-
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- assn.
-
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- neur-
-
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- sulf-
-
- 30-30
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Sufis
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- calef
-
- nears
-
- nuci-
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- surfs
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- anis-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- leuc-
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- refl.
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- uran-
-
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- 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.
- 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.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Arnel
-
- reni-
-
- 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).
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- 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.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- 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.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- 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.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clase
-
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- fiscs
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- fires
-
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- 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.
- 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.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- 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.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- encl.
-
- self-
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Seric
-
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Ecua.
-
- 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.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- 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:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- FSLIC
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Fris.
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Sans.
-
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Icel.
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- caus.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- 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.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- fusee
-
noun,
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- sarc-
-
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- cine-
-
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- sec.
-
- 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).
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- saur
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- uria
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- RNAS
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- 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.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- RCAF
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- USRC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- NIRA
-
- USNA
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- USIS
-
- USIA
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- USAR
-
- USCA
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Rus.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- 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).
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- uni-
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sur-
-
- 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.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ref.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- UNEF
-
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- scr.
-
- rel.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sra.
-
- SASE
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 1080
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- fac.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- FACS
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- fec.
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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).
- 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.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- FRCS
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Fri.
-
- Frs.
-
- FRSL
-
- FRSS
-
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- fur.
-
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fuss
-
noun,
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ile-
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- 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.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- FERA
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- 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.
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- FICA
-
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- 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.
- Fin.
-
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- 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.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- Fla.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- 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.).
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- FLRA
-
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- inae
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ANSI
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- ACLU
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aer-
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- afr-
-
- AFSC
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ASSR
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cule
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cene
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- CanF
-
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cen.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- Inc.
-
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lea.
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lani
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- 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.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ISSN
-
- isls
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lin.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- 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.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- infl
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Ire.
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Inf.
-
- ins.
-
- ACS
-
- NES
-
- NFL
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- NFC
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- SLR
-
- CEF
-
- LSS
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ss.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- SRS
-
- RAF
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- SNU
-
- ae.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- LSC
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- CIF
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- Ar.
-
- REA
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- cle
-
- CIA
-
- USN
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Af.
-
- ac-
-
- USR
-
- CLI
-
- CLR
-
- CIE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- LSI
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- NFS
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NIA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CFA
-
- CFI
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CFL
-
- AUC
-
- USC
-
- CFR
-
- cfs
-
- AFC
-
- CAI
-
- AFL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- 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.
- NUL
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NRC
-
- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- USS
-
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- UAR
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALU
-
- ANC
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NSA
-
- ANF
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- NEC
-
- uns
-
- Une
-
- NEA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ne-
-
- USA
-
- ARS
-
- SSN
-
- cf.
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- AFS
-
- ca.
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- CAF
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ure
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- suf
-
- cl.
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- SSR
-
- NSF
-
- ASU
-
- NRA
-
- NLF
-
- ur-
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ARU
-
- nr.
-
- NNE
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ase
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ASI
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- AIC
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- Sus
-
- EIS
-
- CLU
-
- IUS
-
- RFA
-
- RFC
-
- RFE
-
- sc.
-
- 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.
- RFI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Fl.
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- La.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- FCS
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SCS
-
- CNN
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- fic
-
- LaF
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- SCF
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Fia
-
- ISA
-
- FRC
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ier
-
- SAE
-
- IAS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- IFC
-
- ial
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- SAR
-
- FSR
-
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Frl
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- FSA
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RNA
-
- ine
-
- Rs.
-
- ics
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- FCA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ene
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- en-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ea.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Les
-
- ean
-
- eir
-
- 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.
- efl
-
- 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).
- ef-
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEC
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- ECF
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Sfc
-
- ESU
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- CSF
-
- eu-
-
- CSR
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ESL
-
- LCA
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- LCF
-
- ESA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Cui
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noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
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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.
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
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adverb,
no1 .
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