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How tall is a story?
Although 10 feet is a common estimate for a story height, every building is unique and story heights can vary widely. A story...
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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?
One possible Answer Everything that vibrates the air creates the potential for sound, regardless of what conscious being is...
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What occurs once in every minute twice in every moment yet never in a thousand years?
The letter 'm'. Once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years, (no 'm' there)
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What starts with a b and ends with s and is 10 letters long?
bandoliers businesses bandicoots
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What is a rarely used synonym for unfair comparison?
Discriminating
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Johnnys mother had three children The first was April The second was May What was the name of her third child?
"June" because April, May, June...? No, she only had three children, so the third one is Johnny!
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What do the following words have in common - banana dresser grammar potato revive assess and uneven?
They are all a single letter followed by a palindrome, so that if you move the 1st letter to the end, you get the word spelled...
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What is the correct arrangement of the letters 'QLUEA'?
Correct Arrangements Equal Quale AELQU
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How many squares on a checkerboard?
There are 64 playing squares on a checkerboard. Checkerboards have 8 rows of 8 squares each, in alternating colors, which are...
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In the English language what do you call a sentence that is difficult to pronounce when said quickly?
Tongue twister Examples: It is not a sentence (they don't really have to be). This is one of the best I've ever come across,...
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How many words can you create out of Skye Marie?
Nucleic, bone, diad, die, boner, car, nude, dead, died, card, rib, and thats all i can get. blue, box, boxer, boxed, oxen,...
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Can you get cornered in a round room?
There is two answers to this question the reason being is because you can be surounded by alot of people in a round room. No,...
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What lesson is to be learned from Matthew 21 v 18 and 19?
answer Matthew: "Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came...
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What is a seven-letter word using the letters 'SEADYNW'?
endways Newsday (if you allow proper nouns)
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How many words can you make from the word beaches and give the meaning of each word?
If you don't think that you are "cheating" if you use a calculator for arithmetic or a dictionary for crossword puzzles, then you...
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How is black comedy used in Ovid's Metamorphoses?
Not to great effect; the 'Metamorphoses' is not a comedy
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What is four plus nine?
13 Answer Thirteen.
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What w means to talk in soft sounds?
Whisper
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What is the oxymoron meaning of 'a tower'?
An oxymoron (plural "oxymora" or "oxymorons") (noun) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms (e.g....
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What is a sport played worldwide beginning with the letter T and having only 4 letters?
There is no such sport beginning with T and having four letters played worldwide. Answer The only thing I can think of is...
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What is the opposite of 'extreme'?
Unextreme. ---- 42. emertxe ________________________________________________________________________ moderate medicore
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Who is the director og high school musical 2?
Kenny Ortega
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Who is the smartest 8 year old?
The one who studies, completes homework on time, and gets good grades. The kid who could be the smartest 9 year old next year
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What is the the answer to life the universe and everything?
"Einstein's believed that, "as he progressed towards E=MC2, he would come closer to God". Unfortunately towards the end of his...
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What is something you shout out that starts with P?
Words people shout out that start with P: Perpendicular Parallelogram Parallel Peanuts! Popcorn! Poison! Prepare yourself! Pop!...
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What is homophone?
Homophone is two words that sound the same but dont look the same (ex: bear and bare) Resisting a smart alecky answer, I always...
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What six-letter words can you get from the word 'upstage'?
Only "getups" and "taupes," and they are arguably not honest English words, although they are technically legitimate...
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What is a 9-letter word where you can remove one letter at a time and still be left with a word?
There are actually several words in the English language that can be broken down character by character into smaller words. The...
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Paris starts with pa and ends with?
ris True answer s en Paris starts with pa ends starts with en
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How many words can be made using the letters 'duewbna'?
none bihhhh Answer modest, mode, demo, demos, modes, stone, stoned, dents, ment, dome, dote, dot, dots, domes, end, ends,...
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How many words can you get out of the word tourism?
tour tours our out outs rot rots rit trim trims sir tis mist rim rims ism rust tum tums sum must most mort ...
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What words can you make with the letters 'HIFTYREIN?
Rune Inure Rein Ruin Neri Iron Erin That's all I've got time for right now! Answer 'Oi! Urine.'
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How many words are in the word multiculturalism and what are they?
some of the words are mat, cat, sit, multi, cultural, curtail, cult, rat , lit
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What are some words that start with the prefix 'dis'?
display discharge discord discard discount discourage discredit discreet discuss distaste disembody distrust disable...
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What is the word made of the letters 'ldeeoanm'?
lemonade
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What type of word can you make with letters 'rotryao' with no repeating letters?
Oratory.
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Ends in f?
Elf & scoff Answer Gaff, naff, puff, fluff, bailiff. Answer Poof, proof, goof, aloof, leaf, reef, calf, beef, golf,...
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What are some antonyms of oxymoron?
The antonym of an oxymoron is a tautology. For example: "almost exactly" is an oxymoron. "Tiny little" is a tautology.
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How many words can you spell from the words happy thanks giving?
papa, thanks, happy, sing, thing, ping, having, hippy, gap, his, has, gas, yank, hank, sank, thank, pink, yap, sap, tap, at, a,...
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What has wheels and starts with e?
Electric wheel chair, E Type Jaguar, Excercise Bike.
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Why do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway?
Why you Drive on a Parkway This idea dates back before the time of the interstate system to the time of the great depression....
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What word do you get if you unscramble 'shamittacem'?
Uh, that would be 'mathematics,' but it would be better to scramble eggs.
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What is the only true oxymoron?
"Happily Married" ?? ;) An oxymoron is not limited to one word, it is a meaning of two words that are completely opposite...
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How many words can you make from the word 'hallelujah'?
hall hell allah ale lull all Ha ha El Ella Halal Jah Lula Lael Jalela Luha Uhala Ahja jell, hale, heal,...
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Is 'sweet repose' an oxymoron?
No, an oxymoron is two words that express the opposite of each other in meaning. Sweet is not the opposite of repose.
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What is the opposite of miser?
spendthrift
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How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chicu wood?
Its the wood that chucks the wood chuck. If a wood chuck could would he would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck I...
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Mr. Johnson has 5 sons - Alpha Bravo Gamma Fred What is the name of his fifth son?
His name is Mr. What Johnson. Its a play on words. What is his name. His name is What.
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Who is Al Larsen?
Al Larsen is a nascar lovin' freak!! He wants to be the number one quarterback out of florida, but he is too retarted. He also...
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Think of two countries that start with the same three letters remove those letters from each name and put the remaining letters together to name one of the longest river in the world?
WOW! I CANT THINK OF THREE~ Is there even a real answer because it seems imposible to me It Almost works for Chi-na and Chi-le...
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Can you be a closet claustrophobic?
Only if your, "OPEN" about it.
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What word is a motion of the sea and when that word is spelled backwards is the definition of to prepare for publishing?
tide -- edit
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When you unscramble the lettres treerstottteon what word do you get?
teeter totters
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Why did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
---- Pete Peter Piper positively pondered the predicament of precicely how many pickled peppers peter piper could pick...
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How many beef burgers are made every year?
Billions and billions ... the exact number would be quite impossible to come up with as the amount of these made would fluctuate...
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What are the five most popular Italian foods beginning with the letter M.?
Our five would be: 1. Mozzarella cheese 2. Misto Bollito 3. Minestrone 4. Maccheroni alla Chitarra pasta 5. Risotto Milanese
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What is an Oriental game containing the letters j and o. two words?
Mah Jong
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What does a luminous body in the sky mean?
Something that produces it's own light, like the sun or the stars. A non-luminous body does not produce light, like the moon. The...
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What is an 8 letter word meaning deserving of a curse?
anathema ---- really? i always thought it was accursed (pronounced a curse ed)
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What occupation is spelt with three o's?
Cooperation? Hey, I tried. Orthodontist, Oncologist, Odontologist, Ontologist, Opthalmologist, Ornithologist ANSWER: This...
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What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
your name Answer Your name
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What are some words that end with -ist?
http://www.morewords.com/ends-with/ist/
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What other words can you make out of the words beaches?
fail dog dog's flail segal fling gun fall fun alone vail fang done Gail ad doll sun sad of ...
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What are the words you can make out of Christmas?
How many word can u make out of Christmas? How many word can you make out of Christmas?
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What candy means oxymoron?
Sweet Tarts Sour candy. Sugarless candy. Healthy candy. Diet candy.
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How do you say hello in danish?
There are numberous ways to say hello in danish. For instance Goddag Hej Or the more advanced Dav/Davs...
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What do the words sheath pirate ashamed and brandy have in common?
they all have the letter "a" in them
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Command to fido?
Stay!!!
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It lives in water if u cut its head its at your door if you cut its tail its a fruit if you cut both its with you what is it?
A pearl: found in water, cut off head (p) leaves earl a name of a man , who could be at the door, cut off the tail (l) leaves...
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What qualities skills personality trait starts with the letter M and D?
determined
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If a turtle has no shell is it homeless or naked?
Turtles without their shell are actually dead. Whether or not a corpse can be either homeless or naked is a matter for the...
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Are there any words using double u?
Yes, vacuum is one. ANSWER The Web site of the Oxford University Dictionary [AskOxford.com] reports that "there are in fact...
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What animal do these letters eetaplon spell?
Antelope
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A 8 letter word with ob as the 3rd 4th letters?
Slobbers ( or snobbery ) probably
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Unscramble the letters nabes?
beans. this might help: http://www.zachwordunscrambler.com/ Another anagram program can be found at...
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What gets wetter as it dries?
snow OR.... a towel
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What is the name of a Scandinavian country beginning with the letter N?
The Scandinavian country that begins with the letter N is, Norway. sew it northern ireland sew it northern ireland
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What five letter word which is also the make and model for a car is a word for 'nippon light bulb'?
Mazda.
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What does 4 c of a s stand for?
4 Corners of a Square
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A seven letter word starting with 'd' and ending with'n'?
dragoon
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Change the word to a different word by changing one letter at a time to spell a different word example love lose lost last lass and then it says change mare to colt?
change A to O to make mole. change E to T to make molt. change M to C to make colt. whoops......
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What type of tuna is spelled with 3 letters?
ahi
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Can you please give you 100 words difficult to spell?
A few hard-to-spell words 1. ache 2. psychology 3. cynic 4. Sioux 5. subpoena 6. knife 7. pneumatic 8. opaque 9....
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What is the difference between a paradox an anomaly an oxymoron and a redundancy?
My best guesses are the following: Paradox: A statement that may need to be solved and is generally composed of contradictory...
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What are ten words only girly girls use?
omigosh nails HAIR!!! daddy shopping lipgloss designer not in this dress! fugly pink SPARKLES*
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Who is Joe Ancis?
I first met Joe Ancis in 1988 or 89 through Rodney Dangerfield. Rodney and Joe had been friends for over 50 years and at the time...
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How much ground could a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground?
Actually, he can hog the entire earth, for about 2 to 6 more weeks, if he is already scared of his own shadow. A groundhog...
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How much are ellen degeneres show tickets?
it`s not free, you have to go to her website and you can purchase tickets there.
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What are some movie titles starting with the letter O?
Old Yeller, Othello, Out of Africa, On Golden Pond, Oliver!, Onegin, Octopussy, Oklahoma, Orlando, Orange County, Ocean's 11, One...
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What is another name for rifles beginning with the letter L?
long-guns
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Who is butters?
Leapold "butters" Stoch is a pussy little dick*uck from south park.
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What are some four letter words that begin with the letter M?
mime Make mark mine mink more moon most meat meet male mail mate monk mall mink meek mill mire mint mitt mats...
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Things you might find during winter starts with e?
Egg nog, earmuffs.Escamoe. Earl grey. EVERYTHING!
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What is the frame game solution for 2 um 2 um?
forums?
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What is Sitting Bull's Daughter name?
Her name was 'Standing Holy' n.b. According to Annie Oakley, "he made a pet of me. He is a dear, faithful, old friend, and I've...
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What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
pod, hey, nu These are called ambigrams. Some artists can make any word an ambigram: http://davidh-n.blogspot.com/
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What does O ER T O represent?
Painless operation
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How many words can you make with the word 'markdowns'?
there is at least 30
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What is a four-letter word for 'flake' starting with the letter 'k'?
kook
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How many words can you make with the following two words cash dispenser?
epic, rapid
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