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  • 21Word square — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… …

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  • 22One cool word — magazine is a Vancouverlogue from Vancouver, British Columbia. The publication is an art and literary magazine that comes with a full length CD compilation, with all content from Metro Vancouverites. ocws mandate states: Our quest to encourage… …

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  • 23Word ladder — is a word game invented by Lewis Carroll, the author of books such as Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass . It was originally known as a doublet or word links .RulesThe player is given a start word and an end word. In… …

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  • 24Word golf — (also called a word chain) is a game, a version of Word Ladders, in which one word is turned into another through a process of substituting single letters. A new English word must be formed each time a letter is replaced, and players score points …

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  • 25word for word — word for word, adj. 1. in exactly the same words; verbatim. 2. one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole: She translated the book word for word. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …

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  • 26word for word — word′ for word′ adv. 1) in exactly the same words; verbatim 2) one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole • Etymology: 1350–1400 word′ for word′, adj …

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  • 27List of one-word stage names — This is a list of notable people best known by a stage name or pseudonym consisting of a single word.The list does not include the many famous people who are commonly referred to by their last name (e.g. Mozart, Shakespeare). It is quite common… …

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  • 28Word (computing) — In computing, word is a term for the natural unit of data used by a particular computer design. A word is simply a fixed sized group of bits that are handled together by the machine. The number of bits in a word (the word size or word length) is… …

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  • 29word — /werrd/, n. 1. a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units… …

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  • 30Word (computer architecture) — Processors 1 bit 4 bit 8 bit 12 bit 16 bit 18 bit 24 bit 31 bit 32 bit 36 bit 48 bit 60 bit …

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