w | (noun) the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: double-u, W |
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wacko | (noun) a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | Synonyms: nutter, whacko |
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wad | (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | Synonyms: chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum |
(noun) a small mass of soft material | - |
wadding | (noun) any material used especially to protect something | Synonyms: packing, packing material |
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waddle | (noun) walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other | - |
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waddler | (noun) someone who walks with a waddling gait | - |
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wader | (noun) any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Synonyms: wading bird |
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waders | (noun) waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers | - |
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wadi | (noun) gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season | - |
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wading | (noun) walking with your feet in shallow water | - |
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wads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons |
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wafer | (noun) a small thin crisp cake or cookie | - |
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(noun) thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) | - |
(noun) a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters | - |
waffle | (noun) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron | - |
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waffler | (noun) someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner | - |
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waft | (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, pennon, streamer |
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wafture | (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wave, waving |
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wag | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, waggle |
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(noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes | Synonyms: card, wit |
wage | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, remuneration, salary |
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wager | (noun) the act of gambling | Synonyms: bet |
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(noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stake, stakes |
wagerer | (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, bettor, punter |
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wages | (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: payoff, reward |
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waggery | (noun) a quaint and amusing jest | Synonyms: drollery |
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(noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggishness |
waggishness | (noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggery |
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waggle | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, wag |
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waggon | (noun) any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor | Synonyms: wagon |
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(noun) a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat | Synonyms: beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, wagon |
waggoner | (noun) the driver of a wagon | Synonyms: wagoner |
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waggonwright | (noun) a wagon maker | Synonyms: wagonwright, wainwright |
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wagon | (noun) any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor | Synonyms: waggon |
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(noun) a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat | Synonyms: beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon |
(noun) van used by police to transport prisoners | Synonyms: black Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon |
(noun) a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting | Synonyms: coaster wagon |
wagoner | (noun) the driver of a wagon | Synonyms: waggoner |
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wagonwright | (noun) a wagon maker | Synonyms: waggonwright, wainwright |
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wagtail | (noun) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks | - |
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wahoo | (noun) large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide | Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri |
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(noun) deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus |
(noun) upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | Synonyms: Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush |
waif | (noun) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned | Synonyms: street child |
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waifu | (noun) a character in an anime or manga who one has romantic feelings for | - |
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wail | (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, lamentation, plaint |
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wailer | (noun) a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries | - |
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wailing | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: bawling |
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wain | (noun) large open farm wagon | - |
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wainscot | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscoting, wainscotting |
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(noun) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall | Synonyms: dado |
wainscoting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscotting |
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(noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscotting |
wainscotting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscoting |
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(noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscoting |
wainwright | (noun) a wagon maker | Synonyms: waggonwright, wagonwright |
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waist | (noun) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole | Synonyms: shank |
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(noun) the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | Synonyms: waistline |
waistband | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistcloth |
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waistcloth | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistband |
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waistcoat | (noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: vest |
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waistline | (noun) the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | Synonyms: waist |
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wait | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: waiting |
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(noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, postponement, time lag |
waiter | (noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: server |
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(noun) a person who waits or awaits | - |
waiting | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: wait |
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waitress | (noun) a woman waiter | - |
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waiver | (noun) a formal written statement of relinquishment | Synonyms: discharge, release |
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wake | (noun) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial | Synonyms: viewing |
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(noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: backwash |
(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, backwash |
wakeboard | (noun) a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat | Synonyms: wake board |
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wakefulness | (noun) a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world | - |
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(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, watchfulness |
(noun) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | Synonyms: sleeplessness |
wakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: awakening, waking up |
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waker | (noun) a person who awakes | - |
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(noun) someone who rouses others from sleep | Synonyms: arouser, rouser |
waking | (noun) the state of remaining awake | - |
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waldmeister | (noun) fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine | Synonyms: sweet woodruff |
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(noun) Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | Synonyms: Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, woodruff |
wale | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: strake |
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(noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: weal, welt, wheal |
walk | (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walking |
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(noun) (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls | Synonyms: base on balls, pass |
(noun) a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground | - |
(noun) the act of walking somewhere | - |
(noun) careers in general | Synonyms: walk of life |
(noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walkway |
(noun) manner of walking | Synonyms: manner of walking |
walkabout | (noun) nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine | - |
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(noun) a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally | - |
(noun) a walking trip or tour | - |
walkaway | (noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in |
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walker | (noun) an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk | Synonyms: baby-walker, go-cart |
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(noun) a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk | Synonyms: Zimmer, Zimmer frame |
(noun) a shoe designed for comfortable walking | - |
(noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, pedestrian |
walking | (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walk |
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walkingstick | (noun) any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies | Synonyms: stick insect, walking stick |
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walkout | (noun) a strike in which the workers walk out | - |
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(noun) the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest | - |
walkover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap |
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(noun) backbends combined with handstands | - |
walkway | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walk |
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wall | (noun) an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | - |
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(noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, rampart |
(noun) a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | - |
(noun) a layer of material that encloses space | - |
(noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | Synonyms: paries |
(noun) anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect | - |
(noun) a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) | - |
(noun) a difficult or awkward situation | - |
wallaby | (noun) any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored | Synonyms: brush kangaroo |
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wallah | (noun) usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing | - |
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wallboard | (noun) a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | Synonyms: dry wall, drywall |
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wallet | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, notecase, pocketbook |
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walleye | (noun) pike-like freshwater perches | Synonyms: dory, jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleyed pike |
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(noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, exotropia |
wallflower | (noun) remains on sidelines at social event | - |
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(noun) perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum | Synonyms: Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri |
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers | - |
wallop | (noun) a severe blow | - |
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(noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: impact |
walloper | (noun) a gross untruth; a blatant lie | Synonyms: whopper |
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(noun) a winner by a wide margin | - |
(noun) a very hard hitter | - |
walloping | (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, whipping |
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wallow | (noun) an indolent or clumsy rolling about | - |
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(noun) a puddle where animals go to wallow | - |
wallpaper | (noun) a decorative paper for the walls of rooms | - |
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wallpaperer | (noun) a worker who papers walls | Synonyms: wall-paperer |
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wally | (noun) a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid | - |
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walnut | (noun) nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell | - |
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(noun) any of various trees of the genus Juglans | Synonyms: walnut tree |
(noun) hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling | - |
walrus | (noun) either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber | Synonyms: sea horse, seahorse |
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waltz | (noun) a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat | Synonyms: valse |
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(noun) music composed in triple time for waltzing | - |
(noun) an assured victory (especially in an election) | Synonyms: walk-in |
waltzer | (noun) a dancer who waltzes | - |
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wampee | (noun) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds | Synonyms: pickerel weed, pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata |
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wampum | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampumpeag |
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(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar |
wampumpeag | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampum |
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wand | (noun) a rod used by a magician or water diviner | - |
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(noun) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir | Synonyms: baton |
(noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff | Synonyms: scepter, sceptre, verge |
(noun) a thin supple twig or rod | - |
wanderer | (noun) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | Synonyms: spider |
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(noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, roamer, rover |
wandering | (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: roving, vagabondage |
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wanderlust | (noun) very strong or irresistible impulse to travel | Synonyms: itchy feet |
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wandflower | (noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy |
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(noun) a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers | Synonyms: Sparaxis tricolor |
wane | (noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | Synonyms: ebb, ebbing |
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wangle | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | Synonyms: wangling |
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wangler | (noun) a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods | Synonyms: finagler |
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wangling | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | Synonyms: wangle |
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waning | (noun) a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent | - |
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