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noun • two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation | ||||
| 28% | 6 | Early bowed instruments with three strings | ||
noun • An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras. | ||||
| 28% | 9 | Appearance of a bowed or stooped back | ||
noun • a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine adjective satellite • characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | ||||
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HETERONYM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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