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  2. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  3. List of lakes of England - Wikipedia

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    This list is restricted to open bodies of fresh-water over 5 ha in area, because of the difficulty in establishing what is a pond and what is a lake.. It excludes service reservoirs used within the water supply network for the storage of drinking water and excludes water bodies on industrial sites used exclusively for industrial purposes (works ponds).

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  5. List of largest lakes of the United States by area - Wikipedia

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    Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 Lake Champlain: New York–Vermont–Quebec: 490 sq mi 1,269 km ...

  6. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...

  7. List of loughs of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The word lough is pronounced like loch (/ l ɒ k, l ɒ x /) and comes from the Irish loch, meaning lake. According to the Environmental Protection Agency , there are an estimated 12,000 lakes in the Republic of Ireland , covering an area of more than 1,200 square kilometres. [ 1 ]

  8. Kootenay Lake - Wikipedia

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    Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada.It is part of the Kootenay River.The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s–70s, has changed the ecosystem in and around the water.

  9. List of lakes of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Dumbleyung Lake Nature Reserve: 5,200 12,849: 18: Lake Dundas: Saline: Goldfields-Esperance: 19: Forrestdale Lake: Brackish seasonal groundwater: Perth: Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve; Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site: 245 605 [45] 20: Lake Gore: Seasonal freshwater: Goldfields-Esperance: Lake Gore Nature Reserve; Lake Gore Ramsar ...