atavism
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Noun
- A reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pacifism | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | catechism | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | algorithm | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | animism | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | ad-nauseum | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | dandyism | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | hammerstrom | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | landstrom | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | malmstrom | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | masochism | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | ransbottom | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | sandstrom | 2 | 0 |
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| 1 | taoism | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | baptism | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | batavia | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | activism | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | autism | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | atavistic | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | avis | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | attains | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | tavis | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | satanism | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | nativism | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | fatalism | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | travis | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | tavist | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | tavish | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | mactavish | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | altavista | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | tasm | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | statism | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | maltais | 2 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 12
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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