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AAH
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to exclaim in delight
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AAL
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east indian shrub
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AAS
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(aa) rough, cindery lava)
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ABA
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sleeveless garment
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ABO
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aborigine
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ABY
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to pay the penalty for (abye)
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ADZ
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cutting tool (adze)
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AFF
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off
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AFT
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toward the stern
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AGA
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Turkish military officer
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AIN
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Hebrew letter (ayin)
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AIS
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(ai) three-toed sloth
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AIT
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small island
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ALA
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wing
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ALB
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long-sleeved vestment
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ALS
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(al) East Indian tree
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AMA
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Oriental nurse (amah)
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AMU
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atomic mass unit
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ANA
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collection of information on a subject
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ANE
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one
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ANI
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tropical American black cuckoo
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ARB
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stock trader
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ARS
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(ar) letter "r"
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ATT
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Laotian monetary unit
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AUK
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diving seabird
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AVA
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at all
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AVO
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monetary unit of Macau
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AWA
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away
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AWL
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pointed punching tool
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AYE
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(ay) affirmative vote
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AYS
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(ay) affirmative vote
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AZO
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containing nitrogen
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BAL
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type of shoe (balmoral)
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BAS
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(ba) eternal soul in egyptian mythology
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BEL
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unit of power
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BEN
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inner room
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BEY
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Turkish ruler
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BOD
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body
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BOS
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(bo) pal
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BRR
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used to indicate coldness (brrr)
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BUB
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young fellow
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BUR
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to remove a rough edge from (burr)
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BYS
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(by) side issue
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CAM
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rotating machine part
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CAY
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small low island
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CEE
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letter "c"
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CEL
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drawn frame of animation
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CEP
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large mushroom (cepe)
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CIS
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having certain atoms on same side of molecule
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COL
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depression between two mountains
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COR
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expressing surprise
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COS
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lettuce variety
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COX
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to direct a racing boat (coxswain)
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CWM
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circular basin with steep walls (cirque)
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DAG
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hanging shred
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DAH
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dash in Morse code
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DAK
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transportation by relay
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DAL
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lentil dish
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DAP
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to dip into water
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DAW
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to dawn
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DEB
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debutante
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DEE
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letter "d"
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DEL
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differential calculas operator
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DEV
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Hindu god (deva)
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DEX
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sulfate used as stimulant
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DEY
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former North African ruler
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DOL
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unit of pain intensity
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DOR
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black European beetle
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DOS
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(do) first tone of diatonic musical scale
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DUI
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(dui-pi) instrumental duet
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DUN
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of a dull brown color/to demand payment
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DUP
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to open
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EAU
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water
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ECU
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old French coin
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EDH
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Old English letter
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EFF
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letter "f" (ef)
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EFS
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(ef) letter "f"
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EFT
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newt
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EKE
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to get with great difficulty
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ELD
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old age
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ELL
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letter "l"
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ELS
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(el) letter "l"
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EME
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uncle
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EMF
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electromotive force
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EMS
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(em) printer's measurement
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EMU
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large, flightless bird
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ENG
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phonetic symbol
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ENS
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entity
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ERG
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unit of work or energy
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ERN
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erne
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ERS
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European climbing plant (ervil)
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ESS
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letter "s" (es)
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ETA
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Greek letter
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ETH
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Old English letter (edh)
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FAS
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(fa) fourth tone of diatonic muscial scale
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FAY
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to join closely
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FEH
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Hebrew letter (pe)
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FEN
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marsh
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FER
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for
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FET
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to fetch
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FEU
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to grant land to under Scottish feudal law
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FEY
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crazy
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FEZ
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brimless cap worn by men in the Near East
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FID
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topmast support bar
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FIL
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coin of Iraq, Jordan
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FIZ
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hissing or sputtering sound
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FOB
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to deceive
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FOH
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intj. faugh
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FON
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warm, dry wind (foehn)
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FOU
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drunk
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FOY
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farewell feast or gifts
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FUB
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to fob
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FUD
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old-fashioned person
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FUG
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to make stuffy
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GAD
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to roam about restlessly
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GAE
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to go
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GAM
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to visit socially
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GAN
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(gin-conj) to begin
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GAR
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to compel
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GAT
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pistol
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GED
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food fish
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GEN
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knowledge obtained by investigation
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GEY
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very
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GHI
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liquid butter made in India (ghee)
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GIB
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to fasten with a wedge
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GID
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Disease of sheep
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GIE
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to give
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GIG
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to catch fish with a pronged spear
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GIT
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intj. used as an order of dismissal
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GNU
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large antelope
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GOA
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Asian gazelle
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GOB
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intj. used as a mild oath
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GOX
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gaseous oxygen
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GOY
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non-Jewish person
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GUL
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design in oriental carpets
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GUV
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governer
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HAE
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to have
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HAJ
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pilgrimage to Mecca (hadj)
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HAO
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Vietnamese monetary unit
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HET
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Hebrew letter (heth)
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HIC
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intj. used to represent a hiccup
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HIN
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Hebrew unit of liquid measure
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HMM
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intj. expressing thought
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HOB
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to provide with hobnails
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HOD
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portable trough
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HOY
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heavy barge
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HYP
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hypochondria
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ICH
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fish disease
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IFF
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if and only if
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ILK
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kind
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ISM
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doctrine
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JEE
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to turn right (gee)
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JEU
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game
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JIB
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to refuse to proceed further
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JIN
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Muslim supernatural being (jinn)
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JOW
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to toll
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JUN
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coin of North Korea
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JUS
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legal right
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KAB
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ancient Hebrew unit of measure
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KAE
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crow-like bird
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KAF
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Hebrew letter (kaph)
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KAS
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large cupboard/pl. of ka
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KAT
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evergreen shrub
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KAY
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letter "k"
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KEA
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parrot
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KEF
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marijuana
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KEP
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to catch
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KEX
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dry, hollow stalk
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KHI
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Greek letter (chi)
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KIF
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marijuana (kef)
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KIP
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to sleep
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KIR
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alcoholic beverage
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KOA
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timber tree
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KOB
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reddish brown antelope
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KOI
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large Japanese carp
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KOP
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hill
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KOR
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Hebrew unit of measure
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KOS
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land measure in India
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KUE
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letter "q"
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LAC
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resinous substance secreted by insects
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LAM
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to flee
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LAR
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Roman tutelary god
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LAS
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(la) sixth tone of diatonic musical scale
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LAV
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lavatory
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LEA
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meadow
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LEI
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flower necklace
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LEK
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Albanian monetary unit
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LEU
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monetary unit of Rumania
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LEV
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Bulgarian monetary unit
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LEZ
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lesbian
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LIS
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(li) Chinese unit of distance
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LOX
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to supply with lox (liquid oxygen)
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LUM
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chimney
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LUV
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sweetheart
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LUX
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unit of illumination
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MAE
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more
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MAR
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to destroy the perfection of
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MAS
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(ma) mother
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MEL
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honey
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MEM
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Hebrew letter
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MHO
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unit of electrical conductance
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MIB
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playing marble
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MIG
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playing marble
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MIM
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primly demure
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MIR
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Russian peasant commune
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MOA
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extinct flightless bird
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MOC
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soft leather heelless shoes (moccasin)
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MOG
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to move away
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MOL
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unit of quantity in chemistry (mole)
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MOR
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forest humus
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MOS
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(mo) moment
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MOT
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witty saying
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MUN
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man
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MUS
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(mu) greek letter
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MUT
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mutt
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NAB
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to capture
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NAE
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no; not
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NAM
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(nim-conj) to steal
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NAN
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Indian flat round leavened bread
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NEB
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bird beak
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NEE
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born with the name of
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NIM
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to steal
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NIX
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to veto/water sprite
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NOH
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classical drama of Japan
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NOM
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name
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NOO
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now
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NOS
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(no) negative reply
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NTH
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pert. to item number n
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NUB
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protuberance
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NUS
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(nu) Greek letter
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OBE
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African sorcery (obeah)
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OBI
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African sorcery (obeah)
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OCA
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South American herb
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OES
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(oe) Faroean wind
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OFT
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often
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OHM
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unit of electrical resistance
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OHO
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intj. expressing surprise
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OHS
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(oh) to exclaim "oh"
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OKA
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Turkish unit of weight
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OKE
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Turkish unit of weight (oka)
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OOH
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to eclaim in amazement
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OOT
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out
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OPE
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to open
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OPS
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(op) style of abstract art
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ORA
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(os-pl) orifice
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ORT
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table scrap
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OSE
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ridge of sand (esker)
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OUD
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stringed instrument of northern Africa
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OXO
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containing oxygen
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OXY
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containing oxygen
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PAH
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intj. used as an exclamation of disgust
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PAM
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jack of clubs
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PAS
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(pa) father
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PAX
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ceremonial embrace given to signify Christian love and unity
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PEA
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edible seed of an annual herb
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PEH
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Hebrew letter (pe)
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PES
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foot/pl. of pe (Hebrew letter)
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PHI
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Greek letter
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PHT
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intj. used as an expression of mild anger or annoyance
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PIA
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brain membrane
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PIS
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(pi) Greek letter
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PIU
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more used as a musical direction
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POH
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intj. expressing disgust
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POI
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Hawaiian food
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POL
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politician
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POM
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English immigrant in Australia (offensive)
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POX
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to infect with syphilis
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PSI
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Greek letter
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PUL
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coin of Afghanistan
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PYA
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copper coin of Burma
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PYE
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book of ecclesiastical rules in the pre-reformation English church
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PYX
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container for the eucharist
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QAT
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evergreen shrub (kat)
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QUA
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in the capacity of
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RAJ
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dominion; sovereignty
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RAX
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to stretch out
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REB
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Confederate soldier
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REE
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female Eurasian sandpiper
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REF
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to referee
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REI
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erroneous form of former Portuguese coin
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RES
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thing or matter
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RET
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to soak in order to loosen the fiber from the woody tissue
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REX
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animal with a single wavy layer of hair/king
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RHO
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Greek letter
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RIA
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long, narrow inlet
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RIF
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to lay off from employment
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RIN
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to run or melt
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ROC
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legendary bird of prey
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ROE
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mass of eggs within the female fish
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RYA
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Scandinavian handwoven rug
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SAB
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to sob
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SAE
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so
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SAL
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salt
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SAU
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xu
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SAX
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saxophone
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SEG
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advocate of racial segregation
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SEI
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large whale (rorqual)
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SEL
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self
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SEN
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monetary unit of Japan
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SER
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unit of weight of India
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SHA
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intj. used to urge silence (shh)
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SHH
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intj. used to urge silence
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SOl
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fifth tone of diatonic musical scale (so)
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SOS
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(so) fifth tone of diatonic musical scale
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SOT
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habitual drunkard
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SOU
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former French coin
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SRI
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mister; sir used as a Hindu title of respect
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SUQ
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marketplace (souk)
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SYN
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syne
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TAE
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to
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TAJ
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tall, conical cap worn in Muslim countries
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TAS
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(ta) thanks
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TAU
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greek letter
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TAV
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Hebrew letter
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TAW
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to convert into white leather by the application of minerals
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TEG
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yearling sheep
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TEL
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ancient mound in the Middle East
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TET
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Hebrew letter (teth)
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TEW
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to work hard
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THO
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though
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TIL
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sesame plant
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TOD
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British unit of weight
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TOM
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male of various animals
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TOR
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high, craggy hill
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TSK
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to utter a scolding exclamation
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TUI
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bird of New Zealand
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TUP
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to copulate with ewe
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TWA
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two
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UDO
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Japanese herb
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UKE
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ukelele
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ULU
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Eskimo knife
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UMM
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intj. expressing hesitation (um)
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UMP
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to umpire
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UNS
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(un) one
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UPO
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upon
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UPS
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(up) to raise
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URB
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urban area
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URD
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annual bean grown in India
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UTA
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large lizard
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UTS
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(ut) musical tone
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VAC
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vacuum cleaner
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VAR
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unit of reactive power
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VAS
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anatomical duct
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VAU
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Hebrew letter (vav)
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VEG
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vegetable
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VIG
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charge paid to a bookie on a bet (vigorish)
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VIS
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force or power
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VOE
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small bay, creek, or inlet
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VUG
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small cavity in a rock or lode
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WAB
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web
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WAE
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woe
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WAP
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to wrap
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WAT
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hare/wet
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WAW
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Hebrew letter (vav)
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WEN
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benign skin tumor
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WHA
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who
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WIS
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to knoq
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WOG
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dark-skinned foreigner
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WOS
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(wo) woe
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WOT
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to know
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WUD
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insane
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WYE
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letter "y"
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WYN
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rune for "w" (wynn)
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XIS
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(xi) Greek letter
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YAH
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intj. used as an exclamation of disgust
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YAP
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to bark shrilly
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YEH
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yeah
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YID
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Jew (offensive)
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YOB
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hoodlum
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YOD
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Hebrew letter
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YOK
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boisterous laugh
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YOM
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day
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YUK
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to laugh loudly
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ZAX
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tool for cutting roof slates
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ZEK
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inmate in a Soviet labor camp
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ZIN
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zinfandel
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