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Definition: Lid |
LidNoun1. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer". 2. A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container. 3. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Literature | Lid Anglo-Saxon, hlid; Dutch and Danish, lid. "Close" is the Latin supine clus-um. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A short, flattish piece of wood or steel plate wedged over a post, timber set, or steel arch. A lid is used to tighten the support against the ground and also to increase the area supported. See also:clog; wedge. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LID | English | List identification | Computing |
LID | Greek | τοπικό ID | Post & Telecom |
LID | Portuguese | Identificador local | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: LidSynonyms: chapeau (n), eyelid (n), hat (n), palpebra (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Top, lid, covercle, door, operculum; bulkhead. |
Insanity | Become insane; adj; lose one's senses, lose one's reason, lose one's faculties, lose one's wits; go mad, run mad, lose one's marbles, go crazy, go bonkers, flip one's wig, flip one's lid, flip out, flip one's bush. |
Violence | Explode, make a row, kick up a row; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into a rage (anger). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | A box without hinges, key, or a lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. (The Hobbit; writing credit: J.R.R. Tolkien; Romeo Muller) Do-dump-de-dumpdy You take the door and I'll take the lid. (I Spy; writing credit: James B. Allardice) Now, Lionel, put a lid on that (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) They were too scared, so they hid it away from the public. They forgot all shame and honor, cast off the civilization and science we had created, and shut the lid of the Pandora's Box they themselves had opened (Akira; writing credit: Katsuhiro Ôtomo) You know, I think ol' Shred has finally flipped his chrome-plated lid. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cufflink Caper; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird) | |
Clever | The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either. (references; author: Mark Twain) Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nosey Ned and His New Straw Lid (1916) Nailing on the Lid (1916) His Wife's New Lid (1915) Vítezný lid (1977) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Shown is a mother holding a toddler on her hip, standing at a kitchen counter. She is putting a lid onto a jar filled with preserves. There are additional jars on the counter. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | ![]() | Woman removing jar lid in kitchen] / Edward Penfield. Credit: Library of Congress. | |
![]() | The lid came clean away with a ripping noise. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | I can't keep this lid on if you keep shoveling in fuel. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Closures on bottles and jars. Rim-type lid. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mary Roberts Rinehart, lifting lid of pot on stove, and chef standing alongside. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | RKPN, voor een principieel christelijk beleid, Klaas Beuker, lid 2de Kamer, lijst 12. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Voor een principieel christelijk beleid, RKPN : lijst 12, Klaas Beuker, lid 2de Kamer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Voor een werkelijk socialistische politiek, werk mee: word lid van de PSP. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Doe niet zo slap, versterk de PSP: wordt lid!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Sewer Lid" by M Vasquez Commentary: "Sewer Lid Photo Taken While Standing On The Street." | "Going down?" by William Gillaspy Commentary: "Sewer lid in front of the old house." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| Tighting the lid on a mason jar. | Banging a metal lid onto a metal trash can. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Three Voices | Carroll, Lewis | A little wink beneath the lid. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Now, in this was placed a creature like ourselves, and then a lid of stone was closed above her head |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | From the house came the clash of a lid on the stove and the wail of a child |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | After the boiled water cools, put it in a clean bottle or pitcher with a lid and store it in the refrigerator. (references) | |
Warm compresses should be applied to the lid to loosen the crusts, followed by a light scrubbing of the eyelid with a cotton swab and a mixture of water and baby shampoo. (references) | ||
A numbing drop will be placed in your eye, the area around your eye will be cleaned, and an instrument called a lid speculum will be used to hold your eyelids open. A ring will be placed on your eye and very high pressures will be applied to create suction to the cornea. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | The Government kept the lid on salary increases and on the size of the public sector workforce. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | Lower inflation followed as the government kept a tight lid both on salary increases and on the size of the public sector work force devaluation and has continued with the economic slow down of the last 2 years. (references) | |
Trade | France | Brand Names/Trademarks: Any names, symbols and marks relating to the product must be found on the exterior of the packaging, the product label, and the bottle-top or lid, as the case applies. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under side. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lid" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lid" is used about 1,086 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 1,086 | 6,941 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "lid": ascension pipe lid ♦ basket with a lid ♦ casserole lid ♦ clamp the lid on smth. ♦ flip one's lid ♦ Gill lid ♦ lid stopper ♦ pierce the lid of a tin ♦ port lid ♦ put a lid on ♦ put the lid on ♦ put the lid on smth. ♦ screw lid ♦ shut down lid ♦ skid lid ♦ standpipe lid ♦ that puts the lid on it ♦ toilet lid ♦ trunk lid. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lid": lid-corners. | |
Ending with "lid": bonnet-lid, case-lid, coffin-lid, dustbin-lid, eye-lid, flat-lid, gas-lid, half-lid, knopped-lid, port-lid, pot-lid. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lid | 849 | toilet lid | 13 |
hermetic lid sealing | 128 | jar lid | 13 |
skid lid | 77 | fiberglass truck lid | 13 |
truck lid | 69 | eye lid | 13 |
lid hat | 53 | jar lid mason | 11 |
lid support | 44 | pot lid | 10 |
eye lid surgery | 27 | carbon fiber lid trunk | 10 |
aquarium lid uk | 27 | bikers choice lid skid | 9 |
swollen eye lid | 26 | holder lid | 9 |
plastic lid | 25 | lid lucas off | 9 |
desk lid lift | 23 | gaylords lid | 9 |
fish lid tank uk | 23 | fiberglass lid | 9 |
skid lid helmet | 22 | bucket lid | 9 |
hat lid store | 20 | trash can lid | 9 |
lid rock | 19 | canning jar lid | 9 |
lid tank toilet | 15 | box lid | 9 |
bed lid truck | 15 | cup and lid plastic | 9 |
eye flip lid | 14 | gamma seal lid | 9 |
basket lid | 13 | flip lid ps2 top | 9 |
eye lid twitching | 13 | hinged lid container | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qepallë (eyelid, lash), ndalim (arrest, attachment, ban, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, embargo, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, juju, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo), kapelë (hat, headgear, headpiece), kapak (cap, cover, covering, cowl, hood), kësulë (cap, coif, hat, headgear, mitre, skull cap). (various references) | |
Arabic | طبق (dish, plate), غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, envelope, facing, housing, jacket, overlay, robe, roofing, rug, shroud, tarpaulin, tilt, top, vesture, wrapping), حظر رسمي, زود يغطاء, جفن العين, أحد غلافي الكتاب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шапка (billycock, hat, headdress, headgear, headpiece, titfer), капела, капак (bonnet, cap, cover, hood, revers, shutter, top), клепка (lash), клепач (eyelid), забрана (ban, defence, don't, inhibition, interdict, prohibition, proscription, veto), похлупак (hood). (various references) | |
Chinese | 蓋子 (cover, shell), 蓋 (canopy, cover, to build, top), 盒盖. (various references) | |
Croatian | poklopcem. (various references) | |
Czech | víèko (cap, cover, valve), poklièka (plate-cover, pot-lid), huèka. (various references) | |
Danish | låg (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Dutch | deksel (cover, hood), omslag (cover, hood), kaft (cover, hood), bedekking (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kovrilo (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Farsi | پلک چشم (Eyelid), چفت زدن به , چفت (Hasp, Latch, Snap), کلاهک گذاشتن , کلاهک (Bonnet, Cap, Cupule, Warhead), سرپوش (Cap, Capsule, Casquet, Cover, Valve), دریچه گذاشتن , دریچه (Choke, Closure, Hatch, Porthole, Scuttle, Slacker, Valve, Vent, Wicket, Window). (various references) | |
Finnish | kansi (binding, cover, deck). (various references) | |
French | couvercle, couverture (liner, lining, lining paper, listening area, paper liner). (various references) | |
German | Deckel (board, cap, cover, hood, lids, top), lid (eyelid). (various references) | |
Greek | καπάκι (cap), σκέπασμα (carapace, cover, covering, spread, top), κάλυμμα (cap, cover, covering, cowling, integument, shroud, wrap, wrapper, wrapping). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מגבעת (bonnet, cap, hat), צמידה, צמיד (bangle, bracelet), צפוי (anticipated, coating, cover, destined, expected, facing, foreseen, in prospect, incrustation, liable, overlaying, plating, predictable). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szemhéj (eyelid, eyelids), fedél (cap, cover, lap, roof, roofing), tökfedő, kupak (bottle cap, bottle top, cap, dome, helmet), fejfedő (hat, headdress, headgear), fedő (cap, cover, top, topper), ékfa. (various references) | |
Icelandic | lok (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penutup. (various references) | |
Italian | palpebra (eyelid), coperta (blanket, cloth, cover, deck, hood, rug), coperchio (cap, cover, top). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 蓋 (cap, cover). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がい (cap, congratulatory feeling, cover, criminal investigation, damage, evil influence, harm, hundred quintillion, hundred trillion, injury, meaning of a picture, obstinacy, scythe, self-will, suitability, victory song), ふた (cap, cover, pair, set). (various references) | |
Korean | 뚜껑. (various references) | |
Manx | skall, farkyl (cap, cover). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lokk (cover), deksel (cover). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tampa (cork, dust-cover, envelope, hood, plug, stopgap, stopper, tampion), cobertura (canopy, casing, coating, coverage, coverture, cowling, encasement, envelope, facing, hood, lap, mantle, pillow-sham, roofing, slipover, topping, umbrella, vesture). (various references) | |
Romanian | pleoapã (eyelid), grinda armãturii, copertã (board, cover, envelope), capac (cap, cover, cowl, top), cap (bean, beginning, brains, Cape, chief, chump, end, foreland, front, head, heading, headland, judgment, knob, loaf, mastermind, Mull, Ness, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, peak, peninsula, pericranium, pommel, promontory, rock, sense, skull, top, understanding), calotã (calotte, cap, crown, dome). (various references) | |
Russian | крышка (cap, cover, hood). (various references) | |
Scottish | clàr (a board, any smooth, board, tablet). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poklopac (cap, cover, coverlid, panel, shutter), kapak (shutter, trapdoor). (various references) | |
Spanish | tapa (appetizer, cap, cover, housing, lids, top), tápa (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Sranan | tapun (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Swahili | kifuniko (cover, hood). (various references) | |
Swedish | lock (cap, cover, curl, lock of hair, tendril, top). (various references) | |
Thai | เปลือกตา (eyelid), ฝาปิดภาชนะ. (various references) | |
Turkish | kapak (bonnet, cap, capsule, clack, cover, covering letter, dome, flap, hatch, hatchway, shutter, top), gözkapağı (eyelid, palpebra). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pokryюka (r) (cover). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кришка (cap, capsule, cover), ковпак (cap), повіка (eyelid). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nắp, hơn tất cả. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwerchyr (cover, valve), clawr (board, cover, face, survace), caead (closed, cover, shut, top). (various references) | |
Yucatec | pix (cover, hood). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | operculum, operimentis, operimento, operimentum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 12, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai sunefwnhsan oi iereiV tou mh labein argurion para tou laou kai tou mh eniscusai to bedek tou oikou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et tulit Ioiada pontifex gazofilacium unum aperuitque foramen desuper et posuit illud iuxta altare ad dexteram ingredientium domum Domini mittebantque in eo sacerdotes qui custodiebant ostia omnem pecuniam quae deferebatur ad templum Domini |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Joiada, the bischop, toke oon tresoringe place, and he opnede an hoole ther aboue, and putte it bisyde the auter, at the riyt syde of men commynge in to the house of the Lord; and the prestis, that kepten the doris, putten in it al the monee that was brouyt to the temple of the Lord. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and making a hole in the cover of it, put it by the altar, on the right side when one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who kept the door put in it regularly all the money which was taken into the house of the Lord. |
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| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 12, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Apan ang sacerdote nga si Joiada mikuha ug usa ka kahon, ug gilungagan ang taklub niini, ug gibutang kini tupad sa halaran, sa too nga kiliran niadtong mosulod ngadto sa balay ni Jehova: ug ang mga sacerdote nga nanagbantay sa pultahan nagbutang didto sa sulod ug salapi nga nadala ngadto sa balay ni Jehova. |
| Croatian | Sveæenici pristadoše da ne uzimaju novac od naroda, ali ni Doma da ne popravljaju. |
| Danish | Præsten Jojada tog så en Kiste, borede Hul i Låget og satte den ved Stenstøtten til højre for Indgangen til HERRENs Hus, og der lagde Præsterne, der holdt Vagt ved Dørtærskelen, alle de Penge, der indkom i HERRENs Hus. |
| Dutch | Maar de priester Jojada nam een kist, en boorde een gat in haar deksel, en zette die bij het altaar ter rechterhand, als iemand inkwam in het huis des HEEREN; en de priesters, die den dorpel bewaarden, staken daarin al het geld, dat ten huize des HEEREN gebracht werd. |
| Finnish | Mutta pappi Joojada otti arkun ja kaivoi reiän sen kanteen ja asetti sen alttarin ääreen, oikealle puolelle, kun mennään Herran temppeliin. Ja papit, jotka vartioivat ovea, panivat siihen kaiken rahan, mikä Herran temppeliin tuotiin. |
| French | Alors le sacrificateur Jehojada prit un coffre, perça un trou dans son couvercle, et le plaça à côté de l`autel, à droite, sur le passage par lequel on entrait à la maison de l`Éternel. Les sacrificateurs qui avaient la garde du seuil y mettaient tout l`argent qu`on apportait dans la maison de l`Éternel. |
| German | Da nahm der Priester Jojada eine Lade und bohrte oben ein Loch darein und setzte sie zur rechten Hand neben den Altar, da man in das Haus des HERRN geht. Und die Priester, die an der Schwelle hüteten, taten darein alles Geld, das zu des HERRN Haus gebracht ward. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka Yoyada mengambil sebuah kotak dan membuat lubang pada tutupnya, lalu meletakkannya dekat mezbah di sebelah kanan pintu masuk Rumah TUHAN. Semua uang yang dipersembahkan di Rumah TUHAN dimasukkan ke dalam kotak itu oleh imam-imam yang bertugas di pintu masuk. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka oleh imam Yoyada diambil akan sebuah peti, dibubuhnya lobang pada papan tutupnya, lalu ditaruhnya akan peti itu pada sebelah kanan mezbah, di tempat orang masuk ke dalam rumah Tuhan; maka segala imam yang menunggui ambang pintu itu membubuh dalam peti itu segala uang yang dibawa orang ke rumah Tuhan itu. |
| Maori | Otiia i mau a Iehoiara tohunga ki tetahi pouaka, a pokaia ana e ia he kohao ki tona taupoki, whakatakotoria ana ki te taha o te aata, ki te taha ki matau, i te mea ka haere tetahi ki te whare o Ihowa: a tukua iho ana ki roto e nga tohunga tiaki o te tatau nga moni katoa i kawea mai ki te whare o Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Så tok presten Jojada en kiste og boret et hull i dens lokk og satte den ved alteret på høire side, der hvor folk går inn i Herrens hus, og i den la prestene som hadde vakt ved dørtreskelen, alle de penger som kom inn til Herrens hus. |
| Portuguese | Mas o sacerdote Jeoiada tomou uma arca , fez um buraco na tampa, e a pôs ao pé do altar, à mão direita de quem entrava na casa do Senhor. E os sacerdotes que guardavam a entrada metiam ali todo o dinheiro que se trazia à casa do Senhor. |
| Rumanian | Atunci preotul Iehoiada a luat o ladq, i -a fqcut o gaurq kn capac, wi a pus -o lkngq altar, la dreapta, kn drumul pe unde se intra kn Casa Domnului. Preoyii cari pqzeau pragul puneau kn ea tot argintul care se aducea kn Casa Domnului. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lid": lidar, lidars, lidded, lidding, lidless, lido, lidocaine, lidocaines, lidos, lids. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lid": acetanilid, annelid, backslid, biosolid, chrysalid, chrysomelid, cichlid, coverlid, eyelid, felid, gelid, halid, invalid, landslid, nonsolid, nonvalid, nymphalid, pallid, psyllid, pyralid, semisolid, sialid, slid, solid, squalid, stolid, unsolid, valid. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lid": acetanilide, acetanilides, acetanilids, alidad, alidade, alidades, alidads, amplidyne, amplidynes, annelidan, annelidans, annelids, backslidden, backslide, backslider, backsliders, backslides, backsliding, biosolids, bolide, bolides, chilidog, chilidogs, chrysalides, chrysalids, chrysomelids, cichlidae, cichlids, collide, collided, collider, colliders, collides, colliding, consolidate, consolidated, consolidates, consolidating, consolidation, consolidations, consolidator, consolidators, coverlids, downslide, downslides, elide, elided, elides, elidible, eliding, euclidean. (additional references) | |
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"Lid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blid, clid, elid, Iid, iiid, ild, ilda, lcd, ledd, ledo, leid, leidt, lhd, Lhda, lic, lida, lidba, liddy, lide, Lidi, Lidl, Lidu, lidy, liid, liii, lik, lio, Liod, liq, Lir, lis, liu, liudi, liv, liw, lix, liy, liz, Lliw, lni, lnid, lod, lodd, loid, lrid, lsd, Ltda, lud, luid, lvd, lvid, lxi, lyd, lyf, lyudi, qid, uid, Ulidh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lid" (pronounced li"d) |
| 3 | l i" d | slid. |
| 2 | -i" d | amid, bid, counterbid, did, kid, forbid, grid, hid, id, mid, quid, rebid, redid, rid, skid, squid, undid. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-l" | |
-1 letter: id, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-l" | |
+1 letter: deil, deli, dial, diel, dill, diol, dirl, gild, idle, idly, idol, idyl, laid, lido, lids, lied, mild, sild, slid, wild. | |
+2 letters: ailed, alcid, algid, bield, blind, build, child, daily, deils, delis, devil, dials, dildo, dills, dilly, dimly, diols, dirls, doily, dolci, drail, drill, drily, dulia, edile, elide, felid, field, filed, flied, fluid, gelid, gilds, glide, guild, halid, ideal, idled, idler, idles, idols, idyll, idyls, iliad, indol, isled, laird, liard, lidar, lidos, liked, limed, lindy, lined, lipid, lived, livid, lucid, ludic, lurid, nidal, oiled, oldie, piled, plaid, plied, riled, sidle, silds, slide, sloid, soldi, solid, tidal, tilde, tiled, valid, wield, wilds, wiled, yield. | |
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