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  2. List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature

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    Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...

  3. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, the word was used in Frank Scully's puzzle book Bedside Manna, after which time, members of the N.P.L. campaigned to include the word in major dictionaries. [9] [10] This 45-letter word, referred to as "p45", [11] first appeared in the 1939 supplement to the Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition. [12]

  4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    1. Diamonds e.g. That gal has more ice than the North Pole! [249] 2. Kill e.g. That mug better be careful or he's gonna get iced! [250] icy mitt When you have one-sided feelings for someone or when one is given the cold shoulder in a romantic relationships [251] idler(s) 1. A person who wastes time doing nothing; lazy person; sluggard [252]

  5. Word ladder - Wikipedia

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    Word ladder (also known as Doublets, [1] word-links, change-the-word puzzles, paragrams, laddergrams, [2] or word golf) is a word game invented by Lewis Carroll. A word ladder puzzle begins with two words, and to solve the puzzle one must find a chain of other words to link the two, in which two adjacent words (that is, words in successive ...

  6. Was the Six Triple Eight Real? All About the History-Making ...

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    The real-life leader was born in Kittrell, N.C., on Dec. 5, 1918, and raised in Columbia, S.C. She was valedictorian of Booker T. Washington High School and attended Wilberforce University in Ohio ...

  7. Intermittent fasting may slow hair growth, study finds - AOL

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    Intermittent fasting resulted in a hair growth speed reduction of 18% in adults who practiced the diet compared to controls who were eating a regular diet, a new study found.

  8. Ranking the best college football quarterbacks in the ...

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    A bit surprising he ends up at with Oregon State. Chandler Morris, Virginia (North Texas) Morris is a high-volume passer with a high floor, making him an immediate upgrade on the Cavaliers ...

  9. English alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The letters A, E, I, O, and U are considered vowel letters, since (except when silent) they represent vowels, although I and U represent consonants in words such as "onion" and "quail" respectively. The letter Y sometimes represents a consonant (as in "young") and sometimes a vowel (as in "myth").