centipede
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Noun
- Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entitled | 3 | 56 |
| 2 | centered | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | scented | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | cemented | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | accented | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | centimeter | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | entwined | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | centigrade | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | mcentee | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | enticed | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | centime | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | centimetre | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | tiede | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | mcentire | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | entendre | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | entailed | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | cespedes | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | centimes | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | centerre | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | constipated | 4 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
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