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Scrabble words Flashcards

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Ad

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Informal, an advertisement

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Attap also Atap

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Thatch made in SE Asia from rose petals

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Attar

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Fragrant essential oil usually made of rose petals

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Agin

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Dialect form of ‘against’

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Aglet

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A metal or plastic tube fiixed round each end of a shoelace

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Agley

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Scottish adverb. Askew or awry

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Alum

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a colourless astringent compound - a hydrated sulphate of Aluminium + Potassium used in dying or tanning

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Aft

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Adverb and adjective at near towards the stern of a shop or tail of an aircraft

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Aria

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A long accompanied song for a solo voice

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Ave

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Poetic, used to express good wishes on parting or meeting

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Aver

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Verb (avvered averring) state or assert to be the case

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Aeon

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An indefinite and very long period of time

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Ai

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Three toed sloth - early 17th C from Tupi - imitative of its cry

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Awn

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Botany - a stiff bristle especially one of those growing from the ear/flower of barley and rye

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Ah

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Exclamation - used to express a range of emotions including Surprise, Pleasure, Sympathy and realisation

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Acme

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The point at which something is at its peak

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Aga

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Military commander, especially Muslim or Ottoman. from Mongolian ‘Aga’ Lord

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Adze

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Type of axe

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Aa

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Lava forming rough, jagged masses with a frothy texture

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Ax

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American spelling of axe

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Afore

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Archaic ‘before’

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Ague, Agued, Aguish

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malaria or other illness involving fever or shivering

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Awl

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A small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather

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Axel

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a jump in skating

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Axle

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Rod or spindle gonig through the centre of a wheel

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Aa

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Baza

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An asian or australsian hawk

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Bardy/Bardie

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The edible larva or pupa of certain insects. Form the Aboriginal

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Bard / barding

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Rasher of fat bacon placed on meat before roasting.

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Bio

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Mass noun - biology

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Bezoar

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A small stony concretion which may form in some ruminants - also a wild goat with scimitar shaped horns

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Boon

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A thing that is helpful - a favour or request

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Ba

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In anceient Egpyt the supposed soul of a person or God which survived after death, but had to be sustained with food

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Bam

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exclamation used imitate sound of a hard blow or to convey something happening abruptly

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Bama

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An aboriginal person esp. one from Northern Queensland

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Bub

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N. American informal, an aggressive or rude way of addressing a male

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Bis

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Adverb (musical direction) - again

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Biz

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a business especially one contected with entertainment

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Bateau

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A light flat bottomed boat used in Canada

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Bur/Burr

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A whirring sound - a rough edge in metal. A prickly seed case.

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Bo

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Used as an informal form of address

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42
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Bibi

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Man’s non-european girlfriend

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Brei

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S. African noun, an accent characterised by a rolled sometimes uvular R

44
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Brier

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Variant spelling of Briar - as in a no. of prickly shrubs (also tobacco pipe)

45
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Bani

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Plural of Ban - the monetary unit of Romania

46
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Bam Bams Bamming Bammed

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Verb forms informal to hoax or cheat

47
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Bate

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Noun, an angry mood

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Brock

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noun. The badger

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Brig

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A 2 masted square rigged ship

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Bai pl. Bais

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A polite form of address for a women (Indian) or a maid

51
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Bama

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Australian - Aborignal (essp. from the North)

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Bot

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The larva of the hotfly which is an internal parasite of horses

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Bovine

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Adj. relating to affecting castle

54
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Bi

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informal bisexual

55
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Cleg

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A Horsefly

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Conge

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An unceremonious dismissal or rejection of someone

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Cento

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A literary work made up of quotations from other authors

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Cleat

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T Shaped pieces of metal or wood on a boat to which ropes are attached

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Cama

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A hybrid animal crossig a camel with a llama

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Cribo

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Another term for indigo snake

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Coned

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Conical

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Cowl

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large loose hood esp. one forming part of a monk’s habit

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Cree

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A member of an indigenous people living in Canada

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Cama

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Hybrid animal - camel and Llama

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Culm

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The hollow stem of a grass or cereal plant

66
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Choil

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The end of a knife’s cutting edge which is nearer the handle

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Cha

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Variant spelling of Char

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Chi

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22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. Also circulating lifeforce whose existence & Properties are the basis of much Chinese philisophy and medicine

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Cloy

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Disgust or sicken with an excess or sentiment

70
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Clint

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Block forming part of a natural limistone pavement

71
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Crud

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Mass noun, infor al, a substance which is considered disgusting or upleasant.

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Domen

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the most respected persion in a particular field

73
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Dirk

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A short dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders

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Drome

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Informal, dated, an aerodrome

75
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Dai

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A midwife or wet nurse (urdu)

76
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Dada

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One’s father

77
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Didi

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Older sister/Cousing (Indian)

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Dido

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N. American informal - perform mischievous tricks “cut up didoes”

79
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Dor

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Large black dung beetle that make a droning sound in flight

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Doh

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The 1st and 8th tone of a major scale, aslo exclamation used to comment on and action percieved to be foolish

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Dux

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A Saxon chief or leader

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Dag (aslo Dagging, dagged)

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A lock of wook matted with dung hanging from the hind quarters of a sheep

83
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Danio

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A small typically brightly coloured freshwater fish native to the Indian Subcontinent

84
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Dee

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The Letter D

85
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Dree

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(Scottish) to endure something burdensome or painful

86
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Dof

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(S. African) stupid person

87
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Dal

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Variant spelling of Dhal

88
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Dhow

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A lateen rigged ship with 1 or 2 masts, used mainly in the Arabian region

89
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Dun

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Dull grey colour, or make persistant demands. Also a stone built fortified settlement in Scotland

90
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Demit

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Resign from an office

91
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Dreich also driech

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Scottish, dreary bleak

92
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Dore

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Canadian term for walleye - squint

93
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Dak

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Mass noun - the postal service in the Indian subcontinent (originaly delivered by a system of relay runners)

94
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Drub

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verb, hit or beat someone repeatedly

95
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Daw

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Another term for Jackdaw

96
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Dob

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Informal - inform against

97
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Dobe

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Informal for Adobe (a kind of building clay)

98
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Dint

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An impression or hollow in a surface

99
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Dum

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Adject. Cooked with steam

100
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Dugs

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The udder, teat of a female animal

101
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Dit

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another term for dot in Morse code

102
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Dah

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In morse code another term for dash

103
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Dona

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Informal, Australian, dated a women, a sweatheart

104
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Ee

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Northern English for ‘oh’

105
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Edict

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An official order

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Ex

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A former husband or wife

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