Anagrams of worthies
Word worthies has
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that can be made by using the letters of worthies.
- hot-wire
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adjective,
Electricity, Engineering. depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated:
- heriots
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- Withers
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noun,
the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of a horse, cow, sheep, etc.
- swither
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noun,
a state of confusion, excitement, or perplexity.
- 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.
- writhes
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noun,
a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.
- writhe
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noun,
a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.
- heriot
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hosier
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noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- Towers
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noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- Wister
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noun,
Owen, 1860–1938, U.S. novelist.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- others
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noun,
the other one:
- whorts
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noun,
the whortleberry.
- Wither
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noun,
George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- towser
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noun,
a big dog.
- Horite
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noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- withes
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noun,
a willow twig or osier.
- histo-
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- whites
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noun,
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
Compare black (def 20).
- Thiers
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noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- writes
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Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- theirs
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- wriest
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adjective,
superlative of wry.
- worths
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noun,
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- shower
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noun,
a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- hiero-
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- worset
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noun, adjective,
worsted.
- Other
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noun,
the other one:
- Theos
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- theor
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- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- thews
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noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- Orth.
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- oste-
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- seti-
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- thio-
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- those
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Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- threw
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noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- throe
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noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ither
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adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Isth.
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- TORES
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noun,
a torus.
- sero-
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- torse
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
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noun,
a plural of torso.
- tiers
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- strew
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verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- theo-
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- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- shier
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noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- Shire
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noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shirt
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noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shoer
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noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Shore
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noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Short
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noun,
something that is short.
- shote
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noun,
shoat (def 1).
- shrew
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noun,
a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Siret
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noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roshi
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noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- sito-
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- their
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- riots
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- rhet.
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- ster.
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- store
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Resht
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noun,
Rasht.
- Stowe
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noun,
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- strow
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verb,
strew.
- swith
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adverb,
Chiefly British Dialect. immediately; quickly.
- swore
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verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- Tower
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noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- serow
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noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- towie
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noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- wites
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noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- hoise
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verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- whirs
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noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- whist
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noun,
a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding.
- hist.
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- HIRES
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noun,
the act of hiring.
- White
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noun,
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
Compare black (def 20).
- hier-
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- whits
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noun,
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):
- whort
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noun,
the whortleberry.
- Heros
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noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- wires
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noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- heist
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noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- with-
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- horse
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noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- withe
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noun,
a willow twig or osier.
- ethos
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noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- Esth.
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- worse
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noun,
that which is worse.
- worst
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noun,
that which is worst.
- Worth
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noun,
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
- worts
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noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- wrest
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noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- wrist
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noun,
the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- write
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Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- wrote
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verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- wroth
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adjective,
angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively):
- 30-30
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- whets
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noun,
the act of whetting.
- whose
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Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- Horst
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noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- trews
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noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- weirs
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noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- trios
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trows
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verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- hort.
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- Howes
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noun,
a hole.
- site
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tshi
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noun,
Twi.
- wort
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noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- wore
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noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- sith
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adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- sire
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Trow
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verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- sore
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noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- shr.
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- thew
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noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- show
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noun,
a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- Tore
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noun,
a torus.
- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- writ
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noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- shoe
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noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shit
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noun,
excrement; feces.
- tri-
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- shew
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verb (used with or without object),
show.
- tosh
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noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Seth
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noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Sert
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noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- shot
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noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- twi-
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- sort
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tows
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noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- whir
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noun,
an act or sound of whirring:
- whet
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noun,
the act of whetting.
- wets
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noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- thir
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pronoun,
these.
- Whit
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noun,
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):
- this
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Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- the-
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- ter.
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- thi-
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- swot
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noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- THOR
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noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- West
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noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- wert
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verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- WHSE
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- wite
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noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- str.
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- wire
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noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Stow
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- tier
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Weir
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noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- Wis.
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- Stir
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Stew
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noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- wise
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noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- Ste.
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- wish
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noun,
an act or instance of wishing.
- wist
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of wit2 .
- tors
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 1080
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- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Reis
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plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rit.
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- Rise
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- HERO
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noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- riot
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rhos
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- hers
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noun,
Slang. a female:
- hest
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noun,
behest.
- hets
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noun,
a heterosexual person.
- rets
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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.
- hews
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verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- resh
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noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hire
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noun,
the act of hiring.
- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- hor.
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- her.
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- Hos.
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- owse
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noun,
ox.
- Hose
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noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
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noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- owes
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verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- hots
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noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Howe
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noun,
a hole.
- Otis
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noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- hows
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noun,
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
- orts
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Oise
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
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- iso-
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- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rest
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- heir
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noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- Eris
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- erst
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adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eso-
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- est.
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- rows
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noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- Rowe
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noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Eth.
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- ROTS
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Eros
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- eths
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noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Roth
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noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- rote
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROSE
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noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- HEW
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verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- io-
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- HRE
-
- EIS
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- Tro
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- IHS
-
- ier
-
- TRH
-
- eir
-
- tr.
-
- ior
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- Ehr
-
- eo-
-
- TOW
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noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- wot
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verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- TSI
-
- ETS
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- het
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noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hie
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verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- IRS
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- woe
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noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- HIS
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hit
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noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- Hoe
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noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- ESR
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- ERT
-
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- wet
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noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- WIT
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noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- Wes
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noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- hot
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noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- hr.
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- HOW
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noun,
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
- Wei
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noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- two
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noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- wos
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noun,
woe.
- WHO
-
Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- IRO
-
- ISR
-
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- Teh
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noun,
Te.
- rtw
-
- OWI
-
- sho
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- Re.
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Sw.
-
- ise
-
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- STI
-
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- rhe
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rho
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- St.
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
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- SOW
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noun,
an adult female swine.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rs.
-
- ROI
-
- ROW
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noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sht
-
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- th-
-
- owe
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verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- OIr
-
- ish
-
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ist
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- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Iwo
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- sew
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noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- se-
-
- OIt
-
- ote
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- So.
-
- SRO
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- she
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noun,
a female person or animal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OTS
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- ot-
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- ose
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- EI
-
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- RW
-
- S.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RI
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- EW
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- WO
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noun,
woe.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- IW
-
- O.
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OH
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noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- OW
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interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- w/
-
- WI
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- we
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- h.
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- T1
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- t.
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- WH
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- R.
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- RH
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- RO
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- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- wt
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