by: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of by
- baby«Word Popularity Bar5/5
baby
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
infant; babe.
- the baby began to cry again
- she held the baby in her arms
- it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
- noun the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- the baby of the family
- the baby of the Supreme Court
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- thereby5/5
thereby
- adverb by that means or because of that
- He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth
- adverb by that means or because of that
- nearby5/5
nearby
- adjective satellite close at hand
- the nearby towns
- concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus
- adverb not far away in relative terms
- she works nearby
- the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars
- adjective satellite close at hand
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lobby
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; antechamber; vestibule; foyer.
- noun the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- bobby5/5
bobby
- noun an informal term for a British policeman
- noun an informal term for a British policeman
- whereby5/5
whereby
By which; -- used relatively. "You take my life when you take the means whereby I life." Shak.
- ruby4/5
ruby
- noun a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- noun a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
- noun a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- hereby4/5
hereby
- adverb (formal) by means of this
herewith.
- I hereby declare you man and wife
- adverb (formal) by means of this
- toby4/5
toby
- noun a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
toby fillpot jug; toby jug.
- noun a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
- hobby4/5
hobby
- noun an auxiliary activity
sideline; spare-time activity; by-line; avocation; pursuit.
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
rocking horse; hobbyhorse.
- noun an auxiliary activity
- derby4/5
derby
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
bowler; bowler hat; plug hat; derby hat.
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- rugby4/5
rugby
- noun a form of football played with an oval ball
rugby football; rugger.
- noun a form of football played with an oval ball
- shabby4/5
shabby
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
ratty; moth-eaten; tatty.
- a ratty old overcoat
- shabby furniture
- an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
- adjective satellite mean and unworthy and despicable
- shabby treatment
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
- crosby4/5
crosby
- noun United States singer and film actor (1904-1977)
Bing Crosby; Harry Lillis Crosby.
- noun United States singer and film actor (1904-1977)
- abby4/5
abbey
- noun a church associated with a monastery or convent
- noun a convent ruled by an abbess
- noun a church associated with a monastery or convent
- kirby4/5
kirby
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- libby3/5
libby
- noun United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)
Willard Frank Libby.
- noun United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)
- standby3/5
standby
- noun something that can be relied on when needed
- noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
understudy.
- noun something that can be relied on when needed
- chubby3/5
chubby
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
plump; embonpoint.
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
- booby3/5
booby
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; dope; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
- noun small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
- stubby3/5
stubby
- adjective satellite short and blunt
- stubby fingers
- a stubby pencil
- adjective satellite short and blunt
- lullaby3/5
lullaby
- noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
cradlesong; berceuse.
- noun the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
cradlesong.
- noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- tabby3/5
tabby
- noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
tabby cat.
- noun female cat
queen.
- noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
- shelby3/5
shelby
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- darby3/5
darby
A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
- colby3/5
colby
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- digby3/5
digby
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- passersby3/5
passersby
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- gatsby3/5
gatsby
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- cosby3/5
cosby
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- flabby2/5
flabby
- adjective satellite out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
flaccid; soft.
- he was too soft for the army
- flabby around the middle
- flaccid cheeks
- adjective satellite out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- grubby2/5
grubby
- noun small sculpin of the coast of New England
Myxocephalus aenaeus.
- adjective infested with grubs
- noun small sculpin of the coast of New England
- gabby2/5
gabby
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
loquacious; talky; garrulous; chatty; talkative.
- kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
- busby2/5
busby
- noun tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
bearskin; shako.
- noun tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
- dolby2/5
dolby
- noun United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
Ray M. Dolby.
- noun United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
- passerby2/5
passerby
- noun a person who passes by casually or by chance
passer; passer-by.
- noun a person who passes by casually or by chance
- scrubby2/5
scrubby
- adjective satellite sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
scrabbly.
- open scrubby woods
- adjective satellite inferior in size or quality
stunted; scrawny.
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
- adjective satellite sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
- tubby2/5
tubby
- adjective satellite short and plump
podgy; dumpy; roly-poly; pudgy.
- adjective satellite short and plump
- knobby2/5
knobby
- adjective satellite having knobs
knobbly.
- had knobbly knees
- adjective satellite having knobs
- shrubby2/5
shrubby
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a shrub
fruticulose; fruticose.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a shrub
- cubby2/5
cubby
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubbyhole.
- noun a small secluded room
- cabby2/5
cabby
- noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
livery driver; taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabdriver; taximan; hack-driver.
- noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
- hubby2/5
hubby
- noun a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
married man; husband.
- noun a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- wallaby2/5
wallaby
- noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
brush kangaroo.
- noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
- trilby2/5
trilby
- noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown
Stetson; homburg; fedora; felt hat.
- noun singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali
- noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown
- crabby2/5
crabby
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
grouchy; ill-tempered; crabbed; cross; bad-tempered; grumpy; fussy.
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
- nimby2/5
nimby
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- aby2/5
aby
- verb make amends for
atone; expiate; abye.
- expiate one's sins
- verb make amends for
- goby2/5
goby
- noun small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
gudgeon.
- noun small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
- goodby2/5
goodby
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adieu; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; bye; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun a farewell remark
- scabby2/5
scabby
- adjective satellite covered with scabs
- adjective satellite covered with scabs
- naseby2/5
naseby
- noun a village in western Northamptonshire
- noun a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists
Battle of Naseby.
- noun a village in western Northamptonshire
- snobby2/5
snobby
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
clannish; cliquish; clubby; snobbish.
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
- barnaby2/5
barnaby
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- robby2/5
robby
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- moresby2/5
moresby
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- gaby2/5
gaby
A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. Colloq.
- allenby2/5
- philby2/5
philby
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- debby2/5
debby
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- corby2/5
corby
(Zoöl.) The raven. Scot.
- duby2/5
duby
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- enderby2/5
enderby
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- grimsby2/5
- bibby2/5
- welby2/5
welby
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- flyby2/5
flyby
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- carby2/5
carby
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- tibby2/5
- doby2/5
doby
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- visby2/5
- araby2/5
araby
The country of Arabia. Archaic & Poetic
- nobby2/5
nobby
Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable. Slang
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crybaby
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
chicken; wimp.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
squawker; moaner; sniveller; complainer; whiner; grumbler; bellyacher.
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- bilby1/5
bilby
- noun bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
Macrotis lagotis; rabbit bandicoot; rabbit-eared bandicoot.
- noun bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
- clubby1/5
clubby
- adjective satellite effusively sociable
clubbish.
- a clubbish set
- we got rather clubby
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
clannish; cliquish; snobbish; snobby.
- adjective satellite effusively sociable
- nubby1/5
nubby
- adjective satellite of textiles; having a rough surface
tweedy; nubbly; homespun; slubbed.
- a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns
- adjective satellite of textiles; having a rough surface
- webby1/5
webby
- adjective satellite having open interstices or resembling a web
weblike; netted; lacy; webbed; netlike.
- adjective satellite having open interstices or resembling a web
- cobwebby1/5
cobwebby
- adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
gauze-like; sheer; vaporous; see-through; gossamer; vapourous; filmy; diaphanous; transparent; gauzy.
- a hat with a diaphanous veil
- filmy wings of a moth
- gauzy clouds of dandelion down
- gossamer cobwebs
- sheer silk stockings
- transparent chiffon
- vaporous silks
- adjective satellite covered with cobwebs
- adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
- grabby1/5
grabby
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
covetous; prehensile; greedy; avaricious; grasping.
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
- a grasping old miser
- grasping commercialism
- greedy for money and power
- grew richer and greedier
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- bushbaby1/5
bushbaby
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
bush baby; galago.
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
- layby1/5
layby
- noun designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
rest stop; pull-off; lay-by; rest area.
- noun designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
- formby1/5
- bubby1/5
- herby1/5
hereby
- adverb (formal) by means of this
herewith.
- I hereby declare you man and wife
- adverb (formal) by means of this
- gibby1/5
- namby1/5
- bielby1/5
- overby1/5
overby
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- nabby1/5
- babby1/5
- brumby1/5
- rigsby1/5
rigsby
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- oby1/5
- gumby1/5
- looby1/5
looby
An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. Swift.
- dobby1/5
- grandbaby1/5
grandbaby
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- cobby1/5
cobby
Headstrong; obstinate. Obs. Brockett.
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- forby1/5
forby
Near; hard by; along; past. Obs.To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer.
To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
- sibby1/5
- blowby1/5
blowby
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- ribby1/5
ribby
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- orby1/5
orby
Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. Obs. "Orby hours." Chapman.
- crumby1/5
crumby
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- yabby1/5
- dumby1/5
- rockaby1/5
rockaby
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- warby1/5
- slabby1/5
slabby
Thick; viscous. They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff. Selden.
- driveby1/5
- gobby1/5
- nibby1/5
- sabby1/5
- snubby1/5
snubby
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- dubby1/5
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- verby1/5
verby
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- labby1/5
labby
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Suffixes of by
- bye«Word Popularity Bar4/5
bye
- noun you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
pass.
- he had a bye in the first round
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adieu; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; goodby; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- bypass4/5
bypass
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; ring road; beltway.
- noun a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
- byzantine4/5
byzantine
Of or pertaining to Byzantium. --n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. Written also Bizantine .Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are the endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.
- byron4/5
byron
- noun English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
Lord George Gordon Byron; Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale.
- noun English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
- bytes4/5
byte
- noun a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- noun a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- byte4/5
byte
- noun a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- noun a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- byrd3/5
bird
- noun warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- noun the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
fowl.
- noun warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- byzantium3/5
byzantium
- noun an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
- noun a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
Byzantine Empire; Eastern Roman Empire.
- noun an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
- bystanders3/5
bystander
- noun a nonparticipant spectator
- noun a nonparticipant spectator
- bylaws3/5
bylaw
- noun a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
- noun a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
- bypassed3/5
bypass
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; ring road; beltway.
- noun a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
- bypassing3/5
bypass
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; ring road; beltway.
- noun a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
- bystander3/5
bystander
- noun a nonparticipant spectator
- noun a nonparticipant spectator
- bygone3/5
bygone
- noun past events to be put aside
water under the bridge.
- let bygones be bygones
- adjective satellite well in the past; former
bypast; foregone; departed; gone.
- bygone days
- dreams of foregone times
- sweet memories of gone summers
- relics of a departed era
- noun past events to be put aside
- byproduct3/5
byproduct
- noun a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
by-product.
- noun a product made during the manufacture of something else
spin-off; by-product.
- noun a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
- byproducts3/5
byproduct
- noun a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
by-product.
- noun a product made during the manufacture of something else
spin-off; by-product.
- noun a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
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byzantine
- noun a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
- adjective of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
- Byzantine monks
- Byzantine rites
- noun a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
- byers3/5
byers
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- bypasses2/5
bypass
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; ring road; beltway.
- noun a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
- byes2/5
bye
- noun you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
pass.
- he had a bye in the first round
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adieu; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; goodby; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- byways2/5
byway
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
bypath; byroad.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
- byway2/5
byway
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
bypath; byroad.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
- bygones2/5
bygone
- noun past events to be put aside
water under the bridge.
- let bygones be bygones
- adjective satellite well in the past; former
bypast; foregone; departed; gone.
- bygone days
- dreams of foregone times
- sweet memories of gone summers
- relics of a departed era
- noun past events to be put aside
- bylaw2/5
bylaw
- noun a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
- noun a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
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byword
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
proverb; saw; adage.
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- byblos2/5
byblos
- noun an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
- noun an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
- bycatch2/5
bycatch
- noun unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
by-catch.
- thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year
- noun unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
- byre2/5
byre
- noun a barn for cows
cowshed; cowbarn; cow barn; cowhouse.
- noun a barn for cows
- byelorussia2/5
byelorussia
- noun a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
Belarus; Byelarus; Republic of Belarus; Belorussia; White Russia.
- noun a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
- byres2/5
byre
- noun a barn for cows
cowshed; cowbarn; cow barn; cowhouse.
- noun a barn for cows
- byline2/5
byline
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bysshe
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- byronic2/5
byronic
Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron. With despair and Byronic misanthropy. Thackeray
- bys2/5
by
- adverb so as to pass a given point
past.
- every hour a train goes past
- adverb in reserve; not for immediate use
away; aside.
- started setting aside money to buy a car
- put something by for her old age
- has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day
- adverb so as to pass a given point
- byelorussian1/5
byelorussian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
White Russian; Belorussian.
- noun the Slavic language spoken in Belarus
White Russian; Belarusian.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
- byplay1/5
byplay
- noun incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
stage business; business.
- his business with the cane was hilarious
- noun incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
- byname1/5
byname
- noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
moniker; cognomen; sobriquet; nickname; soubriquet.
- Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
- Henry's nickname was Slim
- noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
- bydgoszcz1/5
bydgoszcz
- noun an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
Bromberg.
- noun an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
- byssus1/5
byssus
- noun tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
beard.
- noun tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
- bywords1/5
byword
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
proverb; saw; adage.
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- bypaths1/5
bypath
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
byway; byroad.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
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byelorussian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
White Russian; Belorussian.
- noun the Slavic language spoken in Belarus
White Russian; Belarusian.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
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byname
- noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
moniker; cognomen; sobriquet; nickname; soubriquet.
- Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
- Henry's nickname was Slim
- noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
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bypath
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
byway; byroad.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
- byroad1/5
byroad
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
byway; bypath.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
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byrnie
- noun a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
hauberk.
- noun a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
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byzantinism
- noun the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters
Erastianism; Caesaropapism.
- noun the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters
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byroad
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
byway; bypath.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
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bylines
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byelaws
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- byard1/5
byard
A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.
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byland
A peninsula. Obs.
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byob
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bylined
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byssal
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byelaw
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byth
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Derived words of by
- goodbye«Word Popularity Bar4/5
goodbye
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adieu; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; bye-bye; goodby; bye; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun a farewell remark
- presbyterian4/5
presbyterian
Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
- babylon4/5
babylon
- noun the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
- noun the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
- lobbying4/5
lobby
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; antechamber; vestibule; foyer.
- noun the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- abyss4/5
abyss
- noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
abysm.
- verb make amends for
atone; aby; expiate; abye.
- expiate one's sins
- noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
- libya4/5
libya
- noun a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- noun a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
- babylonian4/5
babylonian
Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
- labyrinth4/5
labyrinth
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
maze.
- noun a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
inner ear; internal ear.
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- presbyterians3/5
presbyterian
- noun a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
- noun a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
- lobbyists3/5
lobbyist
- noun someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
- noun someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
- libyan3/5
libyan
Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.
- babylonia3/5
babylonia
- noun an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
Chaldaea; Chaldea.
- noun an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
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chernobyl
- noun a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986)
- noun a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986)
- babylonians3/5
babylonian
- noun an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
- noun the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
- noun an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
- presbytery3/5
presbytery
- noun building reserved for the officiating clergy
- noun building reserved for the officiating clergy
- sibyl3/5
sibyl
- noun a woman who tells fortunes
- noun (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
- noun a woman who tells fortunes
- lobbyist3/5
lobbyist
- noun someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
- noun someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
- abyssinia3/5
abyssinia
- noun Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya.
- noun Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
- babysitter3/5
babysitter
- noun a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
sitter; baby-sitter.
- noun a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- labyrinthine3/5
labyrinthine
- adjective relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
- labyrinthine deafness
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
mazy; labyrinthian.
- a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths
- adjective relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
- robyn3/5
robin
- noun small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
robin redbreast; Erithacus rubecola; Old World robin; redbreast.
- noun large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
American robin; Turdus migratorius.
- noun small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
- derbyshire3/5
derbyshire
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- debye3/5
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babysitting
- noun the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
baby sitting.
- noun the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
- goodbyes2/5
goodbye
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adieu; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; bye-bye; goodby; bye; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun a farewell remark
- abysmal2/5
abysmal
- adjective satellite very great; limitless
- abysmal misery
- abysmal stupidity
- adjective satellite resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
abyssal; unfathomable.
- the abyssal depths of the ocean
- adjective satellite very great; limitless
- megabytes2/5
megabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
M; MB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
M; MB; MiB; mebibyte.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
- presbyters2/5
presbyter
- noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church
- noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church
- presbyter2/5
presbyter
- noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church
- noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church
- abyssinian2/5
abyssinian
Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. Ure.
- labyrinths2/5
labyrinth
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
maze.
- noun a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
inner ear; internal ear.
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- presbyterianism2/5
presbyterianism
That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
- abydos2/5
abydos
- noun an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
- noun an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
- gigabytes2/5
gigabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
G; GB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
gibibyte; GiB; G; GB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
- abyssal2/5
abyssal
- adjective relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
- adjective satellite resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
unfathomable; abysmal.
- the abyssal depths of the ocean
- adjective relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
- libyans2/5
libyan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Libya
- adjective of or relating to Libya or its people
- the Libyan desert
- Libyan terrorists
- noun a native or inhabitant of Libya
- kilobytes2/5
kilobyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
K; kB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
K; KiB; kibibyte; kB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
- hobbyists2/5
hobbyist
- noun a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure
- noun a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure
- sibylline2/5
sibylline
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
sibyllic; vatical; vatic; mantic; divinatory.
- the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
- mantic powers
- a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
- adjective satellite having a secret or hidden meaning
cryptical; cryptic; cabalistic; qabalistic; kabbalistic.
- cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
- cryptic writings
- thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
- abysses2/5
abyss
- noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
abysm.
- verb make amends for
atone; aby; expiate; abye.
- expiate one's sins
- noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
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megabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
M; MB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
M; MB; MiB; mebibyte.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
- babysitters2/5
babysitter
- noun a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
sitter; baby-sitter.
- noun a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- babyhood2/5
babyhood
- noun the early stage of growth or development
early childhood; infancy.
- noun the earliest state of immaturity
infancy.
- noun the early stage of growth or development
- gigabyte2/5
gigabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
G; GB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
gibibyte; GiB; G; GB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
- hobbyist2/5
hobbyist
- noun a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure
- noun a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure
- presbyopia2/5
presbyopia
- noun a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
farsightedness.
- noun a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
- abyssinians2/5
abyssinian
- noun a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat
Abyssinian cat.
- noun a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat
- presbyteries2/5
presbytery
- noun building reserved for the officiating clergy
- noun building reserved for the officiating clergy
- sibyls2/5
sibyl
- noun a woman who tells fortunes
- noun (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
- noun a woman who tells fortunes
- abysmally2/5
abysmally
- adverb in a terrible manner
rottenly; abominably; awfully; terribly; atrociously.
- she sings terribly
- adverb in a terrible manner
- cubbyhole2/5
cubbyhole
- noun a small compartment
pigeonhole.
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubby.
- noun a small compartment
- terabytes2/5
terabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
TB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
tebibyte; TiB; TB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
- babyish2/5
babyish
- adjective satellite characteristic of a baby
- babyish tears and petulance
- adjective satellite characteristic of a baby
- labyrinthitis2/5
labyrinthitis
- noun inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting
otitis interna.
- noun inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting
- bombyx2/5
bombyx
(Zoöl.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm .
- kilobyte2/5
kilobyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
K; kB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
K; KiB; kibibyte; kB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
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babysit
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- kabyle2/5
kabyle
(Ethnol.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber .
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- presbycusis2/5
- terabyte1/5
terabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
TB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
tebibyte; TiB; TB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
- ambystoma1/5
ambystoma
- noun type genus of the Ambystomatidae
genus Ambystoma.
- noun type genus of the Ambystomatidae
- standbys1/5
standby
- noun something that can be relied on when needed
- noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
understudy.
- noun something that can be relied on when needed
- dubya1/5
dubya
- noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
President George W. Bush; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
- noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
- hobbyhorse1/5
hobbyhorse
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- don't get him started on his hobbyhorse
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
hobby; rocking horse.
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- cubbyholes1/5
cubbyhole
- noun a small compartment
pigeonhole.
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubby.
- noun a small compartment
- presbyopic1/5
presbyopic
- adjective able to see distant objects clearly
farsighted.
- adjective able to see distant objects clearly
- cerambycidae1/5
cerambycidae
- noun long-horned beetles
family Cerambycidae.
- noun long-horned beetles
- babying1/5
baby
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
infant; babe.
- the baby began to cry again
- she held the baby in her arms
- it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
- noun the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- the baby of the family
- the baby of the Supreme Court
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- abysm1/5
abysm
- noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
abyss.
- noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
- petabytes1/5
petabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
PB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes
pebibyte; PB; PiB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
- exabyte1/5
exabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes
EB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
exbibyte; EiB; EB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes
- labyrinthian1/5
labyrinthian
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
labyrinthine; mazy.
- a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- hobbyhorses1/5
hobbyhorse
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- don't get him started on his hobbyhorse
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
hobby; rocking horse.
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- petabyte1/5
petabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
PB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes
pebibyte; PB; PiB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
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babylon
- noun the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
- noun the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
- exabytes1/5
exabyte
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes
EB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
exbibyte; EiB; EB.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes
- nimbys1/5
nimby
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- lobbyism1/5
lobbyism
- noun the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist
- noun the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist
- babytalk1/5
babytalk
- noun an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
baby talk; motherese.
- noun the developing speech of a young child
baby talk.
- noun an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
- labyrinthodonts1/5
labyrinthodont
- noun an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia
- noun an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia
- babysat1/5
babysat
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- babylonish1/5
babylonish
Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21.
- kabyles1/5
kabyle
(Ethnol.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber .
- multibyte1/5
- kuibyshev1/5
kuibyshev
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- flybys1/5
flybys
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- kebyar1/5
- abyssinica1/5
abyssinica
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- presbyterial1/5
presbyterial
Presbyterian. "Presbyterial government." Milton.
- presbyterate1/5
presbyterate
A presbytery; also, presbytership. Heber.
- presbyteral1/5
presbyteral
Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
- nimbyism1/5
- albyn1/5
albyn
Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell.
- forbye1/5
forby
Near; hard by; along; past. Obs.To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer.
To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
- babylonica1/5
babylonica
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- presbyacusis1/5
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retrolabyrinthine
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- babydoll1/5
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babysits
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- presbyterium1/5
presbyterium
(Arch.) Same as Presbytery , 4.
- presbytere1/5
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rockabye
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- aabye1/5
aabye
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