Anagrams of sialadenitis
Word sialadenitis has
960 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sialadenitis.
- disentail
-
verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- alienists
-
noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- idealists
-
noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- taeniasis
-
noun,
infestation with tapeworms.
- analities
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noun,
the condition or quality of having an anal character; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the anal stage of psychosexual development.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- Salesian
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noun,
a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- Assidean
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noun,
a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- elastins
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- saltines
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- sanities
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- seasnail
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noun,
any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- dentalia
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- salients
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- sealants
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Eastland
-
noun,
James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- initials
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- diastase
-
- distains
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- destains
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- idealist
-
noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- Saladin
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noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- 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.
- indites
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- landsat
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noun,
a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- dissent
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noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- anilide
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noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- inedita
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plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- atlases
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- stadial
-
noun,
stade.
- initial
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- insides
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- desalts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- distils
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- delists
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- instils
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- stadias
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noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- islands
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- daisies
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noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- dailies
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noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- dalasis
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- sialids
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noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Sedalia
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noun,
a city in central Missouri.
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- sendals
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noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- tineids
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- aliases
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noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- lindies
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noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Island
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noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- deists
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noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- sendal
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noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- adnate
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adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- Santal
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noun,
sandalwood.
- Delian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- stadle
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noun,
staddle.
- delist
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verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- listed
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noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- stadia
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noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Tilden
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noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tildes
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noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- isidia
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noun,
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
- dassie
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noun,
hyrax.
- Dassin
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noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stands
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noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- stades
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noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- stains
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Elissa
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noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Daniel
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noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Isaian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- deasil
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adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Alissa
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noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- diesis
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noun,
double dagger.
- slides
-
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- tsadis
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noun,
sadhe.
- distal
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adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- slates
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- 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.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- 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.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- sidles
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Iletin
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- IATSE
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Sans.
-
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- sanit
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Ital.
-
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- init.
-
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- asst.
-
- assn.
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Assad
-
noun,
Hafez al [hah-fez el] /hɑˈfɛz ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1928?–2000, Syrian military and political leader: president from 1971.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Alta.
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- anat.
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- anal.
-
- alti-
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- anti-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ASEAN
-
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 30-30
-
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- seti-
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- silds
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- aden-
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- dial.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- dent.
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- dist.
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- 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.
- NASD
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDSL
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- NTIA
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sld.
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- SASE
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- std.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Ste.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- 1080
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- EDTA
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- asis
-
- IATA
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- iana
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- IAEA
-
- Ind.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ates
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- itis
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ISSN
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- ANSI
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- IndE
-
- inae
-
- ant.
-
- est.
-
- ESIS
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dis-
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Esd.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Danl
-
- dat.
-
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- Anas
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- alt.
-
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- LitD
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- aet.
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- AISI
-
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Ltd.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Ald.
-
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Ala.
-
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- TSE
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ss.
-
- al.
-
- DET
-
- ad-
-
- di.
-
- DEA
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- TSI
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- AIA
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- SSD
-
- SSE
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- SSI
-
- AAE
-
- SSN
-
- an.
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SSA
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- de-
-
- ase
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASN
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ASI
-
- TAL
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- 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.
- ast
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAE
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- STI
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- STL
-
- TID
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TIA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TSS
-
- DIL
-
- ist
-
- SAE
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lt.
-
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- Isl
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ide
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- SDA
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- Ld.
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- SAA
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- SDS
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- NAA
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- NAD
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- LTA
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- LST
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- LSS
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- LSI
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
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- ne-
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- NEA
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- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- sd.
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- lid
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noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- NES
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
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- Les
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- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NSA
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- LED
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noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- SDI
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- en-
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eld
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noun,
age.
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- DSA
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- DSS
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- EIS
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- sis
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noun,
sister.
- DST
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- ESA
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- EDT
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- EDS
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noun,
education:
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
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- ead
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- EAA
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ea.
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DNA
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- ESL
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- SLE
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- IAS
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
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- Ia.
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- id.
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- SED
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- ETS
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ETD
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- DLS
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- SLA
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- TL
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NI
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- ln
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- N.
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TN
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- DN
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- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- ND
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
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- i.
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- SN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TD
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- t.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- D.
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- NL
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- dl
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
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- L2
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .