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| 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain • (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') | ||||
| 95% | 8 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) • a deliberate act of omission | ||||
| 36% | 9 | Phonetic contractions in writing | ||
noun • (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' • a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | ||||
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SYNCOPES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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SYNCOPES
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