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Iota

The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (/) corresponding with the English i.

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scintilla 92% connected

A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shred 92% connected

A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tittle 92% connected

A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whit 92% connected

The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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A unknown · 78% connection

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

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A B C unknown · 78% connection

The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.

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Acrophony noun · 78% connection

naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter

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Alpha noun · 78% connection

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by Englis…

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Azymous adjective · 78% connection

Unleavened; unfermented. B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologi…

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Basilica noun · 78% connection

A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

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Black letter unknown · 78% connection

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…

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Breviary noun · 78% connection

A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, na…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Czechs n. pl. · 78% connection

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia an…

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Digamma noun · 78% connection

A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

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Dziggetai noun · 78% connection

The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus). E () The fifth letter of the English alphabet.

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Eysell noun · 78% connection

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

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Fytte noun · 78% connection

See Fit a song. G () G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave…

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Gamma noun · 78% connection

The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.

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Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

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