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Word Play, Puns, and Oxymorons
Puns are humorous phrases formed by homonyms. (Example: What is the purpose of reindeer? It makes the grass grow, sweetie.) Oxymorons are a figure of speech formed by contradictory words. (Example: jumbo shrimp, a deafening silence.) Have fun with puns and oxymorons in this word play category.
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Careers that start with the letter x?
- X-ray Astronomer
- X-ray Crystallographer
- X-ray technician
- X-ray-equipment inspector
- X-ray-equipment tester
- Xenobiologist (See the related link for more information.)
- Xerox operator
- Xylographer
- Xylophone maker
- Xylophone player
- Xylophone teacher
- Xylophonist
- Xylotomist
What words contain only the letters abcdef and 8 chararacters?
what word contains only the letters abcdef and 8 characters
What 9 letter words can you spell using the letters d v e r y i o s c?
sr
si
id
re
ie
yr
rye
rev
icy
dry
rid
dye
yes
die
red
ivy
vie
ire
sir
ice
cry
sic
rice
scry
very
vice
vise
sire
side
rise
rive
ride
ides
disc
dire
cred
dice
derv
dive
cedi
cive
dyer
drey
decry
cyder
cider
dicey
drive
diver
resid
dicer
cervid
descry
Wood-shaping tool 3 letters ends in z?
The type of tool you might be referring to is called an "Adz".
It's an axe-like tool where the blade is at a right angle to the handle, the blade is curved for shaping wood.
What words can you make using letter ABCDEFGHIJ?
You cannot make 200 words utilizing only the letters ABCDEFG. You can spell the words ace, aced, ad, age, aged, bad, badge, bag, be, bead, bed, beg, cab, cadge, café, cage, caged, dab, deaf, decaf, face, faced, fad, fade, fed and gab.
Sheepish, sluggish, Cornish, rubbish, foolish, outlandish, mawkish, boyish, girlish, apish, stylish, fish, dish, wish, standoffish, distinguish, nightmarish, accomplish, horseradish plus many words that end with fish, such as cuttlefish, blowfish, etc.
Things in Arizona that start with the letter z?
- The original inhabitants of Arizona included several Native American tribes including the Zuni tribe
- Zaharis Elementary School is located on East McKellips Road in Mesa, Arizona
- Z R Ranch Road is a road in Benson, Arizona
What are some words that begin and end with the letter I?
- ibis
- ice
- icon
- ichthyologist
- idea
- immunity
- impetus
- incense
- inch
- independence
- infinity
- ingenuity
- ink
- iota
- iridescence
- iron
- irony
- isthmus
- item
- ivory
How many entries in the 1996 Webster dictionary were misspelled?
Only one word was misspelled in the 1996 Webster Dictionary.
i.e. There was only one entry for misspelled. All the other words were spelled differently.
What are some friendly words that start with x?
There are things called DICTIONARIES. If you are on your computer, you can access one at http://reference.dictionary.com Dictionaries are organized by LETTER. Is that sufficient? By looking in a dictionary, you can find: xi, xenophobia, xylophone, xenon, xeric, xed, x-ray, xu, xylem, etc...
Can i have a list of words with nn in them?
- annal
- anniversary
- announce
- banner
- bunny
- connote
- cannery
- cunning
- dinner
- funny
- grinning
- inning
- manners
- penny
- planning
- runny
- spinner
- sunny
- scanner
- tanning
- thinning
- unnatural
- winner
- zinnia
A boat spelled backwards and forwards?
could it be a kayak?
thats kinda a boat
could it be a kayak?
thats kinda a boat
Will you list all words ending in the letter C?
Some words ending with C: * magic * tragic * fabric * rubric * plastic * elastic * bubonic * climatic * romantic * ironic * chronic * idyllic * drastic * fantastic * terrific * dynamic * systemic * comic
What words can you make with these letters R E A T U O Q?
roque
euro
here
hero
hoer
hour
roue
ere
her
hoe
hue
ore
our
ree
rho
roe
rue
eh
er
he
oe
oh
or
re
uh
What words can you make from these letters c l o y e d?
cloy
yodel
coy
dole
clod
cod
code
coed
cole
yo
lo
do
el
· Dandelion (a Crayola Crayon color)
· Denim (a Crayola Crayon color)
· Desert Sand (a Crayola Crayon color)
Fill in the missing letters to this word r ss?
Some choices: resubmission, insubmissive, unsuccessful
What are 3 letter words ending in r?
3 letter words ending with R:
- for
- her
- tar
- bar
- car
- far
- fir
- jar
- nor
- sir
- mar
- par
- war
How many words can you spell with the letters msseil?
The 6-letter anagrams of MISSLE are "slimes" and "smiles."
You can also spell at least 35 smaller words including
isle, isles
lie, lies, lime, limes, lei, leis, less
mile, miles, miss, mess, mil, mils
slim, slims, sis
