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A bushy garden shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
aalii
A river in Switzerland that raises at the Grimsel Pass and flows into the Rhine at the Swiss-German border.
Aare
(obsolete) An abbot, the (male) head of an abbey, sometime used in the general sense of a priest or clergyman.
abbe
The white poplar (Populus alba).
abele
To assist or encourage by aid or countenance, especially in crime.
abet
A bushy garden shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
aalii
1. (Christianity) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

2. Semitic term for "father" or "dad"
abba
1. Maple tree.

2. (Latin) sharp/bitter or keen/sagacious
acer
1. Old name of a city in modern Israel famed from the Crusades.

2. A state in north-western Brazil, bordering Peru and Bolivia.
Acre
Latin for "act."
acta
(Biblical) The wife of Lamech, also the wife of Esau.
Adah
A city in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska.
Adak
(Judaism) The sixth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan.
Adar
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine. May be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
adit
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
adze or adz
1. (Greek mythology) the name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind
Aeolus
1. A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
2. (chemistry) An agarose, the principle constituent of the commercial gel.
agar
An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
agha or aga
1. A place for gathering.

2. A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.
agora
Wing (of a bird or other flying animal; of poultry; of an aircraft; of an automobile; of a building; of an army; in football and rugby)
aile
City on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Home of the Taj Mahal.
Agra
An ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Ainu or Aino
A river in the Ardennes département, northern France.
Aire
An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
ait
A wing or winglike structure.
ala (pl. alae)
Pertaining to, or having, wings.
alar
The romanized name of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
alef or aleph
A traditional Scandinavian unit of distance.
alen or aln
Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
Aleut
Ukrainian river and site of an 1854 battle in the Crimean War
Alma
A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants. Common ingredient in skin-care products.
aloe
Hanging downward, pendent, leaning to one side.
alop
A vessel to contain wine for the Eucharist.
ama
(In India) A woman employed to look after children.
amah or ama
A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
emir or amir or ameer
Amos
Eighth Century minor prophet, author of an Old Testament book.
A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table.
ana
A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
anas
A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
ani
A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; Indigofera, or the indigo plant.
anil
Old-womanish.
anile
A negatively charged ion.
anion
An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. Has a licorice scent.
anise
A small Indonesian water buffalo, similar in appearance to a deer.
anoa
A small Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège.
Ans
The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance; especially those of Saturn.
ansa
A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee.
apis
A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day ("the sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc.
Apollo
A sea in Central Asia; it lies between Kazakhstann the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south.
Aral
An island off the northwest coast of Ireland.
Aran
Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars.
Ares
Used to describe elaborate accompanied melodies sung by a single voice, in operas, oratorios, cantatas, anthems, etc.
aria
A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits.
aril
A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective
artel
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.
arum
The realm of the Æsir gods in Norse mythology or Heathenry.
Asgard
A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war.
Astarte
Roof thatched with Palm leaves.
atap
Island of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
Atka
atle
Tamarisk
Atli
Norse
Aton
Egyptian
atri
Italian
Attica
Greek
Aude
French
Auk
diving
aune
French
aux
French
avav
Pepper
avocet
bird;
awn
beard
axil
leaf
axon
nerve-cell
Baal
god;
baft
astern
Bahia
Brazilian
baht
Siamese
Baku
Caspian
Bali
Indonesian
Balt
Lett;
banc
judge's
bane
evil;
bani
Romanian
Bann
Irish
Barre
Vermont
Baya
Bantu
Beda
Arabian
beka
biblical
Belem
Brazilian
Benares
Indian
Bera
Arabian
berm
bank;
Berne
Swiss
bes
ancient
besa
Abyssianian
besant
old
bezant
circle
bhar
Indian
bilk
cheat
binh
Annam
bisse
snake
Blanc
peak
boa
feathered
bole
friable
bolo
knife;
Bonn
West
brae
Scottish
brut
dry
cabal
secret
Caen
French
Caddo
Indian
cadi
Muslim
Cain
Abel's
calp
limestone
cam
gear
Carib
South
carr
pool
cava
pepper
Cayuga
Iroquoian
cere
wax;
Ceres
grain
Clare
Irish
Clio
muse
Comus
god
Coos
Oregon
copa
Spanish
cor
heart;
corium
dermis;
cos
lettuce
Cree
Indian
Crimea
Russian
cuir
leather
cull
choose;
cuya
Cuban
dace
carplike
Dade
Florida
dado
groove
Dail
Irish
daler
Dutch
Davos
Swiss
Dee
English
dhai
midwife
dhak
East
dhal
lentil
dhan
cattle;
dhow
Oriental
dinar
Bulgarian
dop
diamond
dopp
dip
Duma
Russian
durn
gatepost
dyad
pair
Dyak
Borneo
dyne
unit
ebon
black
Edda
Icelandic
ede
Dutch
Eder
German
Edo
Tokyo
Eger
German
Ela
highest
Elam
biblical
elan
dash;
Elbe
German
Elia
Lamb
Elul
Jewish
emir
Muslim
emu
ostrichlike
Enna
Sicilian
Enns
Austrian
Enos
Seth's
ente
grafted
ento
inner
Enyo
Ares'
Eolus
Colorado
epee
fencing
ephah
Hebrew
epi
finial;
Erda
Norse
eri
silkworm
Eris
goddess
Erlau
Hungarian
ern
sea
erne
sea
Erse
Gaelic
esker
glacial
esne
serf
esse
existence;
Este
Italian
Estes
Colorado
estop
prevent
et
al
etui
vanity
evoe
bacchanals'
ewer
pitcher
exe
English
fane
temple
fanon
cape;
faro
card
Faroe
Danish
fass
Austrian
faun
satyr;
Faunus
rural
fels
Indian
fete
festival
fiat
command;
fief
feudal
fils
son
flak
antiaircraft
flan
custard
flay
skin
fosse
moat;
Frey
Norse
Frigg
Odin's
gad
rove
Gael
Celt
gam
mouth;
gaol
prison
gar
needle
gard
French
gare
railway
Gaspe
Canadian
gata
shark
Gaza
biblical
Gerd
Frey's
Geri
Odin's
ghat
range;
gila
lizard
Gilead
biblical
gnu
antelope;
Goa
former
Golo
Bantu
Goshen
biblical
gowl
monster
gradus
ancient
graf
German
grao
Portuguese
gulden
Dutch
Hades
Greek
hadj
pilgrimage
haft
handle
ha
ha
haka
dance
Hamar
city
Hamite
biblical
Han
river
hart
stag
hemo
blood
Hera
queen
Herat
Afghanistan
Hermes
Greek
Herod
biblical
Herr
Mister
Hesse
German
Hilo
Hawaiian
hin
Hebrew
Hiram
biblical
hiro
Japanese
Hler
Norse
hoar
frost
hod
brick
Hood
Oregon
hora
Israeli
Horeb
biblical
Hosea
biblical
Hoth
Norse
huk
Philippine
hula
Hawaiian
Hun
barbarian;
Hydra
nine-headed
iamb
verse
ibex
wild
ibid.
same
ibis
wading
Ibo
West
ici
here
icon
religious
Ida
Asia
Idas
killer
ideo
idea
ides
Roman
iglu
Eskimo
ilex
holly
ilia
hip
imam
caliph
immi
Swiss
Indus
Indian
inee
arrow
Inez
Don
Inga
shrub
Iole
Hercules'
Iona
Scottish
Ionia
Asia
iota
Greek
Irra
Babylonian
Isar
Bavarian
Iser
Czech
Isere
French
Isis
Egyptian
ixia
iris
jako
parrot
jama
tunic
jami
mosque
jann
genie
jara
palm
Jebu
West
Jehu
biblical
Jena
German
jete
ballet
jhow
Tamarisk
jib
triangular
jilt
cheat;
jinn
demon
Joad
English
Joshua
biblical
Jove
chief
juba
African
Jung
psychiatrist
Juno
Roman
junu
charm
jura
French
kabul
Indian
kadi
judge
Kafir
Bantu
kana
Japanese
Kano
Nigerian
kaph
Hebrew
Kara
Arabian
kava
Polynesian
kawa
Pepper
kela
Arabian
keno
lotto;
Kent
English
kepi
military
kerf
notch
khat
Turkish
Kiel
German
Kiev
Russian
kil
monk's
Kiowa
Indian
kipe
basket
kiri
Kaffir
kiwi
flightless
Kobe
Honshu
Koko
Lord
kola
nut
kopek
Russian
koss
Indian
kraal
enclosure
kris
dagger
Krishna
Hindu
krona
Icelandic
Kronos
Titan
kudu
African
Kurd
Turkish
kvas
Russian
lac
resin
lact
milk
Lagos
capital
lait
milk
lama
Buddhist
Lamech
biblical
lar
gibbon
lath
strip
lave
bathe
lea
meadow
Leda
Castor's
lees
dregs
Lena
Asian
Lenape
Indian
Leto
Apollo's
Levi
Jacob's
Leyte
Pacific
libra
Mexican
Lido
Adriatic
limn
portray
limu
edible
Linz
Austrian
liss
fleur-de-lis
lobo
timber
loch
Scottish
Loki
Norse
loup
half-mask
luff
sail
Luna
moon
Lys
Belgian
Maas
Dutch
mage
magician
Maia
Hermes'
Main
German
mani
peanut
mano
hand
marl
clayey
Maui
Hawaiian
Mayo
Irish
Mede
ancient
Medusa
Gorgon
mega
great
meld
declare,
Melos
Aegean
merl
blackbird
Metz
French
mil
wire
Milo
Greek
Minos
Greek
moa
flightless
Moab
biblical
moho
honey-eating
mohr
gazelle
mojo
voodoo
moki
New
Moro
Philippine
Mors
Roman
Morta
goddess
Muir
Alaska
mumm
disguise
nacre
mother-of-pearl
nae
no
Nahor
biblical
naif
lustrous
Namur
Belgian
nard
anoint;
neap
tide
neb
beak;
Nebo
biblical
nee
born
Nene
English
nep
catnip
Nereid
sea
ness
promontory
Nestor
Greek
neve
glacier;
newt
eft
nez
nose
nimb
halo
nipa
drink;
oast
kiln;
obi
Oriental
obit
death
oca
edible
octo
eight
oda
harem
odea
music
Order
Baltic
oeuf
egg
ogee
arch;
Okie
migratory
okra
gumbo
ola
palm
olay
palm
olio
medley
olla
jar;
Olor
swan
Omei
China
omni
all
Omsk
Russian
oner
individual;
onus
burden
opah
colorful
ope
unlock
orca
killer
Orel
Russian
orle
heraldic
Orly
French
orne
French
ort
morsel;
osier
willow
Ossa
Greek
otic
pertaining
Otoe
Oklahoma
oyez
attention;
paal
Javanese
pac
boot,
paca
rodent
padre
priest;
pala
Indian
palp
tentacle;
Panay
Philippine
pard
leopard
parr
young
pas
dance
pavis
shield;
Pelee
Martinique
pelu
hardwood
peri
fairy
phon
loudness
phot
light
pica
type
Pico
Azores
rale
rattle;
Rama
incarnation
rame
branch
rana
Indian
rani
Indian
rati
Indian
Remi
ancient
rena
rockfish
ret
soak
rete
network
Rhea
Titan;
Rhus
Sumac
ria
narrow
rial
Iranian
rien
nothing
Riga
Baltic
rime
frost
ripa
riverbank
rom
gypsy
rood
crucifix
Rosa
shrub
Ross
Antartic
roti
roasted
rotl
Muslim
Ruhr
German
rune
mysterious
Saar
European
Sac
Algonquin
sago
starch;
samp
cereal;
sans
without
sari
Indian
sego
edible
sera
antitoxins;
serac
glacial
sere
dry;
serif
part
seta
bristle
Seth
biblical
shay
carriage
Shem
biblical
shiv
knife
Sikh
Hindu
sine
trigonometry
sire
lord;
Siva
Hindu
skag
part
skew
twist
Skye
Hebrides
sloe
plum;
Smee
Captain
soir
evening
Sol
sun
sora
marsh
Spad
biplane;
Spes
Roman
Sri
Hindu
SRO
box-office
stere
dry
stet
let
stile
wall
stoa
portico
suet
hard
Suva
Fiji
Taal
Afrikaans
Tabor
biblical
tabu
forbidden
tace
body
tael
Oriental
tamp
pack;
Taos
New
tapa
bark
Tara
Irish
weed;
allowance
tarn
lake;
taro
edible
tat
make
tec
detective
tela
membrane;
tele
from
tern
gull
Terra
earth
Thalia
one
Thetis
Achilles'
tia
aunt
tic
spasm
tio
uncle
Tioga
New
toga
Roman
tole
lacquered
Toltec
Mexican
tome
large
tong
Chinese
tor
craggy
tort
civil
torte
rich
tret
waste
Triton
Greek
Truk
Island
tsar
Russian
tsun
Chinese
tun
vat;
tutu
New
tyro
novice
uber
over
uca
crab
uke
ukelele
ule
rubber
ulex
spine
Ulm
German
ulna
elbow
unde
wavy;
ungula
hoof;
Ural
Russian
Urd
Norse
urde
key-shaped
Uri
Swiss
Uria
Bathsheba's
ursa
bear
urus
ox;
Ute
Colorado
Utu
Babylonian
uvea
iris
uvic
grapelike
Vaal
South
vair
heraldic
vale
valley;
vari
diverse
vasa
ducts
Veda
Hindu
vega
meadow
veld
South
Venus
Roman
vert
green
Vesta
goddess
Vishnu
Hindu
vita
life
vite
quick
vivo
lively
viz
namely
voce
voice
vole
rodent
WAC
female
Waco
Texas
wadd
black
wadi
dry
wale
cloth
wang
Dutch
weft
web;
weir
fish
wen
cyst;
woad
dyestuff
Wodan
Norse
Woden
Norse
Wotan
Norse
xema
Arctic
Xenia
Ohio
xeno
foreign
xeres
wine;
Xosa
Kaffir
Xtian
Christian
yaba
cabbage
yak
ox
Yalu
Korean
yamp
tuber
yapa
palm-leaf
yegg
burglar
Yemen
Arabian
yen
Japanese
yin
Chinese
Ymir
Norse
Yser
Belgian
zak
Dutch
zany
nutty;
Zara
Italian
zee
final
Zen
Buddhist
zero
nothing;
zeta
Greek
Zeus
chief
Zion
hill;
Zulu
Bantu
Zuni
Pueblo
zwei
two