A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.
cterm
ermit
ermit
noun
Obsolete form of hermit.
etrem
fremt
marte
mater
mater
noun
(Britain, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.
(anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
(biology) Someone or something that mates.
Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”)
merat
merit
merit
noun
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
(countable, obsolete) The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
(uncountable, Buddhism, Jainism) The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
(uncountable, law) Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
verb
(intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
(transitive) To deserve, to earn.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To reward.
merta
merth
meter
meter
noun
(American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
(American spelling) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
(American spelling) The overall rhythm of a song or poem; particularly, the number of beats in a measure or syllables in a line.
(dated) One who metes or measures.
(obsolete) A poem.
A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
verb
To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
To measure with a metering device.
To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
metra
metra
noun
(historical) A pocket instrument combining a thermometer, level, plummet, and lens.
(medicine) The uterus.
metre
metre
noun
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
verb
(Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of meter
(poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
metro
metro
adj
metropolitan
noun
(general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
(less common) An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.
A metropolitan area.
miter
miter
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of mitre
verb
(American spelling) Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”)
mitre
mitre
noun
(geometry, rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
A gusset in sewing, etc.
A mitre shell
The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
(chiefly Britain) Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
(law) A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.
verb
(General American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹɪˈmɪt/
(intransitive, obsolete) To diminish, abate.
(intransitive, obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
(transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
(transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
(transitive) To postpone.
(transitive) To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
(transitive) To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
(transitive) To restore or replace.
(transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
(transitive, archaic) To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
(transitive, obsolete) To give up; omit; cease doing.
(transitive, obsolete) To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.
(transitive, obsolete) To send back.
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Rhymes: -ɪt
retem
retem
noun
A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament.
retma
tamer
tamer
adj
comparative form of tame: more tame
noun
One who tames or subdues.
terma
terma
noun
(anatomy) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
Hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions.
termo
terms
terms
noun
plural of term
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term
therm
therm
noun
A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas.
timer
timer
noun
A device used to measure amounts of time.
Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
Someone or something which times.
trame
trema
trema
noun
"an initial phase in the psychotic process that is characterized by intense anguish, an experience of hostility and a feeling of imminent catastrophe".
A diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.