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September 26th, 2005: LENIS

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

Anagrams: liens lines

Hooks: (none)

Ana-hooks: Aliens Alines Clines elAins elFins elinTs elOins enislE enlisT ensilE inCels inGles inKles inleTs insOle lesiOn leVins liAnes liKens liMens lineNs lineRs linseY lisTen liVens lUnies lYsine Oleins Pensil sAline senilE silAne silenI silenT silKen siMnel sinGle sniVel sPinel sPline Tinsel

'Typos': lends lenes lenos lewis lexis penis

Blana-grams: Aisle Alien Aline Anile Anils Anise Biles Bines Ceils Cines Cline Deils Delis Dines elAin elAns elFin elinT elOin enOls eOsin eVils Files Fines Flies Glens Heils iDles ileUs inCel inGle inKle inleT inseT inTel isleD isleS isleT isTle Kilns Kines lAnes leAns lensE leVin liAne lieRs lieUs liKen liKes liMen liMes liMns lineD lineN lineR lineY linGs linKs linNs linOs linTs liOns lisLe liTes liVen liVes lOins lUnes lWeis lYsin Miens Miles Mines nAils neiFs neisT niDes nilLs niNes niseI niTes niXes nOels nOils nOise Olein Peins Piles Pines Plies Reins Resin Riels Riles Rinse Risen seGni seinE senGi senTi seRin sHiel sHine siDle sileX sinCe sineS sineW sinGe siRen sKein slAin sliCe sliDe slieR sliMe slinG slinK sliPe sMile snAil snelL sniDe sniPe sOlei sPeil sPiel sPile sPine sTein sTile sWile sWine Teins Tiles Tines Veils Veins Vines Vleis Wiles Wines Zeins Zines

Extensions: PlenisH PlenisM PlenisT PlenisMS PlenisTS PlenisHED PlenisHES REPlenisH PlenisHING REPlenisHED REPlenisHER REPlenisHES REPlenisHERS REPlenisHING REPlenisHABLE REPlenisHMENT REPlenisHMENTS

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

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