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deadeye
7 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a dead shot
- noun
(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
Word history
From dead + eye. See glossary of nautical terms of "deadrise" for usage of "dead" to describe a stationary object or spatial stability of an object relative to motion. See nautical definition of "eye" for usage referring to the foremost part of a ship's bow that aims its orientation. For biological eye stabilization during head and neck movement, see vestibulo ocular reflex.
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- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
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