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The Meaning of fall
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(v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.
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(v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.
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(v. t.) To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.
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(v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.
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(v. t.) To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.
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(v. t.) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.
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(v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points.
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(v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
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(v. t.) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.
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(v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.
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(v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.
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(v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
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(v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
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(v. t.) To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
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(v. t.) To come; to occur; to arrive.
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(v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
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(v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
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(v. t.) To belong or appertain.
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(v. t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.
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(v. t.) To let fall; to drop.
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(v. t.) To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
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(v. t.) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
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(v. t.) To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
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(v. t.) To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
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(n.) The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.
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(n.) The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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(n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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(n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
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(n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.
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(n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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(n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.
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(n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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(n.) Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
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(n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.
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(n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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(n.) The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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(n.) That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
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(n.) The act of felling or cutting down.
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(n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.
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(n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.
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(n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
Synonyms
autumn
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spill
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tumble
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Fall
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descent
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declivity
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decline
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declination
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declension
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downslope
,
downfall
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capitulation
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surrender
,
twilight
,
dusk
,
gloaming
,
gloam
,
nightfall
,
evenfall
,
crepuscule
,
crepuscle
,
pin
,
drop
,
drop
,
dip
,
free fall
,
descend
,
go down
,
come down
,
come
,
precipitate
,
come down
,
shine
,
strike
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
lessen
,
accrue
,
light
,
return
,
pass
,
devolve
,
fall down
,
hang
,
flow
,
descend
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settle
Antonyms
ascent
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rise
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rise
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ascend
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rise
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increase
Homophones
faul
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faull
Rhymes
aerosol
,
aerospatiale
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ahl
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alcohol
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all
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amal
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antol
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appall
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atoll
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aul
,
aull
,
avenall
,
bacall
,
bahl
,
ball
,
banal
,
bansal
,
baseball
,
basketball
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bawl
,
befall
,
bhopal
,
blackball
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bol
,
bolle
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bonsall
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brawl
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butterball
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cabal
,
cabrall
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call
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cannonball
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casal
,
catcall
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catchall
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caul
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centrale
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chagall
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cholesterol
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coll
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cortisol
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coval
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coverall
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crall
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crawl
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dahl
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dall
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depaul
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deval
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devall
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dol
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doll
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dolle
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downfall
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doyal
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drawl
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drywall
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duvall
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edsall
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engwall
,
enthral
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ethanol
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eyeball
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faal
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fahl
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fastball
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faul
,
faull
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fireball
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football
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footfall
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footwall
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forestall
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gall
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gamal
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gammal
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gasohol
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gaul
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gaulle
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glycol
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goll
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golle
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gopal
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grahl
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grall
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graul
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guildhall
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hahl
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hall
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handball
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hardball
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haul
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holl
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holle
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hydrosol
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install
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jamal
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kahl
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kahle
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kall
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koll
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kolle
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krol
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kroll
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lall
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landfall
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laval
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leval
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loll
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luminol
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lysol
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mahal
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mahl
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mall
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marcial
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marsal
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maul
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maule
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maull
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mccall
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mccaul
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mcfall
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mcfaul
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mcnall
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mcphaul
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meatball
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mendenhall
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methanol
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mittal
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mol
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moll
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molle
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montreal
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morrall
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mothball
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nall
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natal
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neanderthal
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nepal
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nightfall
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oddball
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overall
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overhaul
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pahl
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paintball
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pall
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paul
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peterpaul
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pfahl
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pinball
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pitfall
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pol
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prahl
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prall
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pratfall
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protocol
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qual
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racquetball
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rahl
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rainfall
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rall
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raul
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rawl
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recall
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reinstall
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retinol
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rohypnol
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rupaul
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ryal
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ryall
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saal
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sabol
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sall
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saul
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schall
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schmahl
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schmall
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schmoll
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scholl
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scrawl
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screwball
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seagal
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segall
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senegal
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shaul
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shaull
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shawl
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sholl
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shortfall
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small
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snowball
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softball
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sol
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soll
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spall
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spitball
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sprawl
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squall
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staal
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stahl
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stall
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stickball
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stonewall
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tal
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talal
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tall
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taul
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thall
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tholl
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thrall
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tolle
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trackball
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transvaal
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trawl
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vaal
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vahl
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vandall
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vanhall
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vantol
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villareal
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voll
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volle
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volleyball
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waal
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wahl
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wahle
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wal
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wall
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walle
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waterfall
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wherewithal
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whitehall
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wiesenthal
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windfall
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woll
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yigal
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zoll
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zwolle