Anagrams of abortive
Word abortive has
354 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of abortive.
- obviate
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verb (used with object),
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary:
- 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.
- vibrato
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noun,
a pulsating effect, produced in singing by the rapid reiteration of emphasis on a tone, and on bowed instruments by a rapid change of pitch corresponding to the vocal tremolo.
- vibrate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
- bovate
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noun,
an old English unit of land area measurement equivalent to one-eighth of a carucate.
- viator
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noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- obvert
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verb (used with object),
to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
- avoir.
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- borate
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- tobira
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noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- vario-
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- barit.
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- barite
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- terbia
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- boater
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- iatro-
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- vibro-
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- birota
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noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- tribo-
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- brevi-
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- rebato
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noun,
rabato.
- over-
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- rabot
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noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- vari-
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- Tiber
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noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- boite
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noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- trave
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noun,
a crossbeam.
- voter
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noun,
a person who votes.
- baro-
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- Bart.
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- Brit.
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- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Taber
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noun,
tabor.
- boart
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noun,
bort.
- ovate
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adjective,
egg-shaped.
- Tabor
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noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Beira
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noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- berat
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noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beria
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noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- tera-
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- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- biter
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noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Evita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- Ibert
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noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- 30-30
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- T-bar
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noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Evora
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noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Biota
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noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Erato
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noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- oater
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- above
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noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- bravo
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noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- aeri-
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- aero-
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- ribat
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noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- vireo
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noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- brave
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noun,
a brave person.
- overt
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adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- to-be
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adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- orbit
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noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Oveta
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noun,
a female given name.
- areo-
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- Bovet
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noun,
Daniel, 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, born in Switzerland: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1957.
- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- orate
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- abort
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noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- rivet
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noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- OBrit
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- avert
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verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- trove
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noun,
a collection of objects.
- tribe
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noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- ative
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- toea
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tobe
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noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tob.
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- trav
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- 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.
- Tore
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noun,
a torus.
- Ebro
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noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- ter.
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- 1080
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- Taro
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noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- rive
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verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- RATO
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noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- raob
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noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rave
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noun,
an act of raving.
- Ravi
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noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- Rabi
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noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
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- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- ovi-
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- Rev.
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- 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.
- rit.
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- RITA
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noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- riv.
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- Oita
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noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Tare
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- obit
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noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Obie
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noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- robe
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noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Rota
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noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- rove
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noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Ivor
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noun,
a male given name.
- tab.
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- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
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noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- tabi
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noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Ire.
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- IOTA
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ivar
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- brev
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- tri-
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- Bare
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noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- vert
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noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- verb
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noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- Vera
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noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Vat.
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- Baer
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noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- bait
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noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bar.
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- Bari
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noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- veto
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noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- TRIB
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- var.
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- Bate
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noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- vair
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noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Bear
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noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
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noun,
a stroke or blow.
- BERT
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noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- vet.
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- Ave.
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- Beta
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noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- VITA
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noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vote
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noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- abet
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verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abr.
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- abri
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noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Vito
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noun,
a male given name.
- Vite
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adverb,
briskly; lively.
- aer-
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- ator
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- aet.
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- Aire
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- airt
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noun,
a direction.
- Viet
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noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- art.
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- Arvo
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noun,
afternoon.
- vibe
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noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- bet.
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- rate
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- bite
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noun,
an act of biting.
- bota
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noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
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- bort
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noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bore
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noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- brae
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noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bora
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noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
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- BRAT
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noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Boer
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noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
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noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boar
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noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Brea
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noun,
a town in S California.
- bote
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noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Brie
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noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brei
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noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- bio-
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- brio
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noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Tver
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noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- bier
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noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- VOA
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- VTO
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- Vte
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- Vt.
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- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- VOR
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- RBI
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- vo.
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- tra
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- REA
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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.
- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tr.
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- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Via
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noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- VIR
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noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- TBO
-
- 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.
- V-1
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noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- Va.
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- V-2
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noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TVA
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- TBA
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- rte
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- Tbi
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- 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.
- Tiv
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noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- Tro
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- vb.
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ver
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- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- TIA
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- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- vie
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- rt.
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- VTR
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noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- 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.
- BVA
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- bi-
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- Bia
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BIE
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- BIT
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noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- boa
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noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Bra
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noun,
brassiere.
- BRE
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- Bro
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noun,
a brother.
- BRT
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- Bt.
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- BTE
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- BVE
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- BEA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- bvt
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- eo-
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
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- 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.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERT
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- ERV
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- ETO
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- BeV
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- Bav
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- ETV
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- arb
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noun,
an arbitrager.
- ab-
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- Ar.
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- av.
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- Abe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Abo
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abt
-
- abv
-
- ae.
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- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aor
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- 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.
- Bat
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noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ARV
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noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- at.
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- ATB
-
- ATV
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- a-v
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- Avi
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- Avo
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noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- be-
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- Br.
-
- Bai
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noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BAO
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noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- ETR
-
- eir
-
- EVA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ote
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- OTB
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- OTA
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- ot-
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- Orv
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- ITV
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- Iva
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- ob.
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- OIt
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
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- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OIr
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- ov-
-
- ite
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- obv
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adverb,
obviously:
- ier
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ib.
-
- ITA
-
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ior
-
- Re.
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- Ova
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noun,
plural of ovum.
- AO
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- RI
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RO
-
- A.
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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.
- B-
-
- VR
-
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- Eb
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- EV
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- T1
-
- BO
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- RV
-
- TV
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noun,
television.
- V.
-
- O.
-
- VI
-
- i.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- BV
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noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
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