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Tau

The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).

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Letter 76% connected

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

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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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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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Angler noun · 78% connection

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar ap…

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Apostrophe noun · 78% connection

The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the lette…

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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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Batrachoid adjective · 78% connection

Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous do…

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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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Cougar noun · 78% connection

An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; h…

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Crystallite noun · 78% connection

A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not ref…

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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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Digammated adjective · 78% connection

Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek /.

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Drum noun · 78% connection

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to…

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Dual adjective · 78% connection

a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "anci…

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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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Frogfish noun · 78% connection

An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.

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Gamma noun · 78% connection

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

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Hake noun · 78% connection

One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris;…

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