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 4000 Eiken (B) - Spelling Practices
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n. support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column


Spelling Word: backbone
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a. directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped


Spelling Word: backward
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n. sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark


Spelling Word: barb
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n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors


Spelling Word: barbecue
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n. cellar; a part of a building that is below the level of the first floor


Spelling Word: basement
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n. carrying another part; patient endurance; suffering without complaint; the act of producing or giving birth


Spelling Word: bearing
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a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable


Spelling Word: benevolent
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n. wooden boards collectively; act of entering a ship; supplying with meals and lodgings for pay


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a. out of breath; breathing with difficulty,  as from tension or excitement


Spelling Word: breathless
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n. something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift to prevent judgment


Spelling Word: bribe