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Whit

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

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Iota 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% 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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Acid noun · 78% connection

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…

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Adverbial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

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Anacoluthon noun · 78% connection

A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter pa…

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And conj. · 78% connection

A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smallest, part, particle, imaginable, iota.
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Antiparticle noun · 78% connection

a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smallest, part, particle, imaginable, iota.
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Atom noun · 78% connection

The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smallest, part, particle, imaginable, iota.
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Capillary noun · 78% connection

A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smal…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smallest, part, particle, imaginable, iota.
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Comma noun · 78% connection

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

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Dependent clause noun · 78% connection

a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adje…

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Doom verb · 78% connection

To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smallest, part, particle, imaginable, iota.
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Electron noun · 78% connection

A subatomic particle with a negative charge, found in the outer regions of atoms

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Enclitical verb · 78% connection

Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose i…

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Grain noun · 78% connection

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, o…

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In adverb · 78% connection

Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adve…

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Ion noun · 78% connection

a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more elect…

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Iotacism noun · 78% connection

The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /,…

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Jot noun · 78% connection

An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.

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Lest adjective · 78% connection

That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

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