Anagrams of pedantry
Word pedantry has
385 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pedantry.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- dentary
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- enrapt
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adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- ardent
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adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Arendt
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noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- depart
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noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- arpent
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- denary
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adjective,
containing ten; tenfold.
- napery
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- parted
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noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pedant
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noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- adren-
-
- petard
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noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- entrap
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- pentad
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noun,
a period of five years.
- pantry
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pander
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noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- repand
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adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- trepan
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- trendy
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- penta-
-
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- denar
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noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- payt.
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- teary
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adjective,
of or like tears.
- Payne
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noun,
John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- dent.
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- Tarne
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noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- petr-
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- padre
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noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- Deary
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noun,
darling.
- Petra
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Ready
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- dept.
-
- Pydna
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noun,
a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- pyran
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noun,
either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- pert.
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- prae-
-
- preta
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noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Redan
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noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- repay
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verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- rept.
-
- yearn
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verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- entry
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- retd.
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- yenta
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noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Randy
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- rayed
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noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Nader
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noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- pret.
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- tardy
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adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- pred.
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- Taney
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noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- prate
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noun,
act of prating.
- prand
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- Drape
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noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- taper
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- nerdy
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adjective,
Slang. of or like a nerd.
- paned
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adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- Tarde
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noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Dnepr
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noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- pandy
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noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- payer
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noun,
a person who pays.
- pant-
-
- Peary
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noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- apery
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ante-
-
- patr-
-
- peta-
-
- andry
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- Andre
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noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Dante
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noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- peart
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adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Paten
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- peaty
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- trade
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noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- adret
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noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adept
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noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- aden-
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- tread
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noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trend
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noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- 30-30
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- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Pater
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- andr-
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- paren
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- Arndt
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noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- pated
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- terna
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noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tera-
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- pardy
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adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- part.
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- panty
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noun,
panties.
- Tyner
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noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- party
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Arden
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noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- yean
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verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- Rape
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noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Pen.
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- pane
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noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- RAND
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noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- pend
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verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- rant
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noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Pare
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noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Yard
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noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- yare
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adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- year
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noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- pard
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noun,
a leopard or panther.
- Pent
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noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pan.
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- yarn
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noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- rad.
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- par.
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- rate
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rapt
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- per.
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- pyr-
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- peat
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noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- ped.
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- nerd
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noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- pyre
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noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pnea
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- prad
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noun,
Informal. horse.
- nyet
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adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Pate
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noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- paty
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adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- patd
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- pat.
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- pray
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verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- PETN
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- prat
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noun,
the buttocks.
- NADP
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- pean
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noun,
paean.
- pear
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noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- neat
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noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
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noun,
neap tide.
- pre-
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- prey
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noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- PAYE
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- Nary
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adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- nard
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noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nape
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noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Read
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noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- 1080
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- reap
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- date
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noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- ter.
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- tend
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Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tena
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noun,
Koyukon.
- Dan.
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abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- ten.
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- Dare
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noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Darn
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noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
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- Dean
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noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- atry
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adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- DEAR
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noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Den.
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- Deny
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Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- dep.
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- depr
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- der.
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- DERP
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noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- tarp
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noun,
tarpaulin.
- Dyer
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noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- tern
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noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Aten
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noun,
Aton.
- Dyna
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- Ande
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plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- tRNA
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- Trey
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noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- trap
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noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Tray
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noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- aer-
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- aery
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noun,
aerie.
- aet.
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- Ayer
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noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ayre
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noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Andy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- Tyne
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noun,
tine.
- ant.
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- Tyre
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noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Apr.
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- apt.
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plural,
apartment.
- type
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noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- typ.
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- Arne
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noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- art.
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- Arty
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tarn
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noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- dern
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adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dyne
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noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- eyra
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noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Earp
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noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- rynd
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noun,
rind2 .
- Tare
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Edna
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noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Ryan
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noun,
a male given name.
- EDTA
-
- Pet.
-
- rpt.
-
- Rep.
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- Erna
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noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- rent
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noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rend
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verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Etna
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- EARN
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verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- end-
-
- Tane
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noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tape
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noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- dpt.
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- drat
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dray
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noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- Tad
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noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- pye
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noun,
pie4 .
- tpd
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- TPN
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- red
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noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- tr.
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- Tpr
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- rya
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noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- tra
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- PRA
-
- Rey
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noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RDA
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- REA
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- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Tyr
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noun,
the god of strife.
- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- rte
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- rt.
-
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- TDY
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- Ted
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noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Tay
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noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- rnd
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- Pry
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noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- RNA
-
- pya
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noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Re.
-
- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ray
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noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rye
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noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- py-
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- Rd.
-
- NYA
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- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ead
-
- dyn
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DPA
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- Dry
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ean
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- DET
-
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ed.
-
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- EDP
-
- PDT
-
- en-
-
- Ep.
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- EPA
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- dye
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noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Dey
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noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- ERP
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ap-
-
- ad-
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- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ade
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noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ae.
-
- aye
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noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayn
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noun,
ʿain.
- Ayr
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noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- APE
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noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- DEA
-
- ard
-
- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ary
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adjective,
any; anyone.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- at.
-
- ATP
-
- DAE
-
- DAY
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noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- DAP
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noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAR
-
- de-
-
- ery
-
- EDT
-
- ERT
-
- Nye
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noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NYP
-
- NAD
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- Pa.
-
- pd.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PAD
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noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- trp
-
- yep
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yea
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noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ety
-
- ETR
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- yer
-
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- YTD
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
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adverb,
no1 .
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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noun,
ti1 .
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
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