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September 26th, 2005: LENIS

Definition: LENIS*LENES n a speech sound pronounced with little or no aspiration

Anagrams: elsin liens lines nelis silen

Hooks: (none)

Ana-hooks: Aliens Alines Clines elAins elDins elFins elinTs elOins elsHin elsinS enislE enlisT ensilE eslOin inCles inGles inIsle inKles inleTs insOle lesiOn leVins liAnes liGnes liKens liMens lineNs lineRs linseY lisTen liVens lUnies lYsine neliEs Oleins Pensil sAline senilE silAne silenE silenI silenS silenT silKen siMnel sinGle sliVen sniVel sOlein sPinel sPline Tinsel

'Typos': benis fenis lends lenes lengs lenos levis lewis lexis penis

Blana-grams: Aisle Alien Aline Anile Anils Anise Biles Bines Blins Ceils Ciels Cines Clies Cline Deils Delis Dines eilDs eisEl elAin elAns elDin elFin elinT elOin enliT enOls eOsin esilE eVils Files Fines Flies Gleis Glens Heils iDles ileUs inCle inGle inKle inleT inseT isleD isleS isleT isTle Kilns Kines lAnes leAns leiRs leisH lensE lenTi leVin liAne lieFs lieRs lieUs liGne liKen liKes liMen liMes liMns linDs lineD lineN lineR lineY linGs linKs linNs linOs linTs liOns lisLe liTes liVen liVes lOins lOsen lUnes lWeis lYnes lYsin Meins Miens Miles Mines nAils neAls neiFs neisT niDes nieFs niFes nilLs niNes niRls niseI nisSe niTes niXes nOels nOils nOise nOles Olein Peins Piles Pines Plies Reins Resin Riels Riles Rines Rinse Risen sAine sDein seGni seilS seinE senGi senTi seRin seWin sHiel sHine siDle sielD sienS sienT sileD sileR sileS sileX sinCe sineD sineS sineW sinGe siRen siZel sKein slAin slAne sliCe sliDe slieR sliMe slinG slinK sliPe sliVe sMile snAil snelL sniDe snieS sniPe sOlei sPeil sPiel sPile sPine sTeil sTein sTile sWine Teils Tiles Tines Veils Veins Vines Visne Vleis Vlies Weils Wiels Wiles Wines Zeins Zines

Extensions: PlenisH PlenisHED PlenisHES REPlenisH DISPlenisH HELlenisED PlenisHING PlenisM(S) PlenisT(S) HELlenisING PlenisHINGS REPlenisHED REPlenisHER REPlenisHES DISPlenisHED DISPlenisHES HELlenisE(S) REPlenisHERS REPlenisHING SPlenisATION DISPlenisHING PlenisHING(S) REPlenisHABLE REPlenisHMENT SPlenisATIONS UNREPlenisHED DISPlenisHMENT REPlenisHER(S) REPlenisHMENTS DISPlenisHMENTS REPlenisHMENT(S)

Sub-anagrams: el els en ens es in ins is isle lei leis lens les li lie lien lies lin line lins lis ne nie nies nil nils nis sei seil sel sen si sien sile sin sine


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