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Strings of Letters #12

Use the definitions provided to guess the words that contain the indicated string of letters. The string may occur at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the word.

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Last updated: February 12, 2025
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String
Definition
Answer
key
A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
donkey
key
Any of a family of sports in which sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
hockey
key
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.
keynote
key
(US, slang) A beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
mickey
key
A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild variety (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
turkey
key
(Ireland, US, England) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
whiskey
lac
(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
glacier
lac
1. A footman, a liveried male servant.
2. A fawning, servile follower.
lackey
lac
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
lacquer
lac
(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
lacrosse
lac
(medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
placebo
lac
A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe firmly.
shoelace
mad
A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish fleet that threatened England in 1588.
armada
mad
Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
armadillo
mad
Produced in one’s dwelling place; not store-bought.
homemade
mad
A brightly colored, lightweight handwoven cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern which, if authentic, comes from Chennai, India.
madras
mad
1. (music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
2. (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
madrigal
mad
(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
nomad
String
Definition
Answer
nag
A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
anagram
nag
Death and destruction; or, the corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
carnage
nag
To direct or be in charge of.
manage
nag
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
menagerie
nag
A residential institution for the care and protection of minors with unfit or deceased parents.
orphanage
nag
A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
synagogue
oat
1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
cutthroat
oat
Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
loathsome
oat
Porridge.
oatmeal
oat
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
scapegoat
oat
(figurative) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.
sugarcoat
oat
A traitor; one who defects from a previous affiliation or allegiance.
turncoat
pad
A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
escapade
pad
A surface used to enhance the movement of a computer mouse.
mousepad
pad
To propel something through water with an oar, hands, etc.
paddle
pad
A detachable object that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle.
padlock
pad
1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
pompadour
pad
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging.
spade
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