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Definition: Draft |
DraftNoun1. A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another. 2. A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle). 3. A preliminary sketch of a design or picture. 4. A serving of drink (usually alcoholic). 5. Preliminary version of a written work. 6. The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded). 7. A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace. 8. A dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft". 9. Compulsory military service. 10. : a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp". 11. : the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling. Verb1. Draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech". 2. Engage somebody to enter the army. 3. Make a blueprint of. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "draft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Note: Draft \Draft\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Drafted; Drafting.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | What gives a cold, cures a cold, and pays the doctor's bill. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Energy | A column of burning combustion gases that are so hot and strong that the heat is lost up the chimney before it can be transferred to the house. A draft brings air to the fire to help keep it burning. (references) |
Environment | 1. The act of drawing or removing water from a tank or reservoir. 2. The water which is drawn or removed. (references) |
Finance | A written order signed by one party (the drawer) requesting a second party (the drawee) to pay a specified amount of money to a third party (the payee) at some future time. A check is a draft. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The depth of water which a ship requires to float freely. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | The amount of taper in a mould necessary to allow the withdrawal of the moulding. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Draft The Druids borrowed money on promises of repayment after death (Patricius). Purchas tells us of some priests of Pekin, who barter with the people in bills of exchange, to be paid in heaven a hundredfold. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Metallurgy | The angle of taper on the side walls of the die impressions to permit the removal of the forging from the dies. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. S. Staff. The quantity of coal hoisted in a given time. b. The pressure required to supply air to a furnace and to remove the flue gases from the furnaces. Natural draft is produced by a chimney, while artificial draft is produced by fans and is controlled by the speed of the fans, by variation in the pitch of the fan blades, or by damper. (references) |
| A survey line in a traverse. Syn:leg. (references) | |
Personal Care & Hotels | The pressure difference which causes a current of air or gases to flow through a flue, chimney, space, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Current of air in room, chimney, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Public Administration | Defined officially as'an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to, or to the order of, a specified person, or to the bearer; Bills of exchange involve the payment of money only. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | - The number of feet that the hull of a ship is beneath the surface of the water. - An unconditional order in writing, addressed by one party (drawer) to another party (drawee), requiring the drawee to pay at a fixed or determinable future date a specified sum in lawful currency to the order of a specified person. (references) |
Transportation | Depth between the water surface and the bottom of a craft. (Jane's Yearbooks, Surf. skimmer syst. , 69, p. 298). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Depth of a ship beneath the waterline, measured vertically to the keel. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Some countries require by law that their citizens serve a term in their armed forces. This process is generally known as conscription, or colloquially in the US as "the draft". Except in wartime, the United States (and many other nations) has a strictly volunteer, or professional, military force, rather than relying on conscription.
History
Conscription allowed the French Republic to form the Grande Armee, what Napoleon Bonaparte called "the nation in arms", which successfully battled European professional armies.Conscription, particularly when the conscripts are being sent to foreign wars that do not directly affect the security of the nation, has historically been highly politically contentious in democracies. For instance, during World War I, bitter political disputes broke out in Canada (see Conscription Crisis of 1917), Australia and New Zealand over conscription. Canada also had a political dispute over conscription during World War II (see Conscription Crisis of 1944). Similarly, mass protests about conscription to fight in the Vietnam War occurred in several countries in the late 1960s.
In developed nations, the increasing emphasis on technological firepower and better-trained fighting forces, the sheer unlikelihood of a conventional military assault on most developed nations, as well as memories of the contentiousness of the Vietnam War experience, make mass conscription unlikely in the forseeable future.
Russia and China, as well as many smaller nations, retain mainly conscript armies.
Women draftees
Most countries only draft men, although some (e.g., Israel) also draft women. During World War II women were drafted into the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. The United States came close to drafting women into the Nurse Corps in preparation for a planned invasion of Japan; the atomic bomb and the Japanese surrender made this unecessary.
Conscientious objectors
A "conscientious objector" is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military service, or sometimes with any role in the armed forces. The reasons for refusing to serve are varied. Many conscientious objectors are so for religious reasons -- notably, the Quakers are pacifist by doctrine and Jehovah's Witnesses, who, while not strictly speaking pacifists, refuse to participate in the armed services on the grounds that they believe Christians should be neutral in worldly conflicts. Other objections can stem from a deep sense of responsibility toward humanity as a whole, or from simple denial that any government should have that kind of moral authority.
The legal status of conscientious objectors has varied over the years and from nation to nation. Currently, conscientious objector status is recognized in both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights. Many conscientious objectors have been imprisoned for refusing to participate in wars. In the United States, the Supreme Court ruled in 1970 that it is not necessary for a conscientious objector to have a religious basis for their beliefs.
Because of their conscientious objection to participation in military service, whether armed or unarmed, Jehovah's Witnesses have often faced imprisonment or other penalties. In Greece, for example, before the introduction of alternative civilian service in 1997, hundreds of Witnesses were imprisoned, some for three years or even more for their refusal. More recently, in Armenia, young Jehovah's Witnesses have been imprisoned (and remain in prison) because of their conscientious objection to military service. [1]
Some conscientious objectors are unwilling to serve the military in any capacity, while others are willing to serve in non-combatant roles; in World War I, many conscientious objectors drove ambulances, often under fire. In World War II, some conscientious objectors volunteered for hazardous scientific experiments.
Conscientious objection in Britain
Britain recognized the right not to fight in the 17th century following problems with attempting to force Quakers into military service. The Militia Ballot Act allowed Quakers to be excluded from military service. A more general right to refuse was not introduced until during WW I, with the introduction of universal male conscription by the Military Service Act of May 1916.The Act allowed for objectors to serve their country in non-combatant roles (alternate service) if they could convince a tribunal of the quality of their objection. Around 16,000 men were recorded as conscientious objectors. 7,000 were granted non-combatant duties, but 3,000 were sent to special labour camps. Around 1,000 men refused any form of service, they were forced into the army and forty-one of them were sentenced to death and only reprieved by government intervention.
In World War II following the National Service (Armed Forces) Act of 1939 there were around 61,000 conscientious objectors in Britain. As in World War I individuals had to face a tribunal, the tribunal could grant full exemption, conditional exemption on alternate service, exemption from combatant duties, or dismiss the objection. An individual could appeal to special appeal tribunals which where headed by a judge.
Of the 61,000 only 3,000 were given complete exemption and 18,000 were dismissed as false claimants. Of those that undertook military service almost 7,000 joined the Non-Combatant Corps, set up in mid-1940 its companies worked in the medical services or any military project not requiring the handling of "material of an aggressive nature". Around 450 NCC members worked in bomb disposal. About 5,500 objectors were imprisoned, charged with offences relating to their unrecognized objection. A further 1,000 were court-martialled and sent to military prisons.
Britain retained conscription as National Service until 1960. The use of only volunteer soldiers was hoped to remove the need to consider conscientious objectors. The concept was returned into active law in 1998 when Britain accepted the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Conscientious objection in Spain
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 acknowledged conscientious objectors. The Spanish parliament established a longer service (Prestación Social Sustitoria) as an alternative to the Army. In spite of this, a strong movement appeared that refused both services. The Red Cross was the only important organization employing objectors. Because of this, the waiting lists for the PSS were long, especially in areas like Navarre, where pacifism, Basque nationalism and a low unemployment rate discouraged young males from the army. Tens of insumisos (non-submittants) publicly refused the PSS or deserted the Army. Several civilians denounced themselves as encouraging non-submission. The government feared popular reaction, reduced the service time and substituted jail punishments by administrative ones like inadmittability to public service.Fronting the decreasing birth rate and the popular opposition to the army, the Spanish government tried to modernize the model carried from the Franco era, professionalizing it. The new army tried to provide an education for civilian life and participated in peace operations in Bosnia.
In spite of this, the number of professional recruits is not covering the expectations of the Ministry of Defence, and there are plans to recruit foreigners from Spanish America.
Draft evaders
Not everyone who was conscripted was willing to give up their lives figuratively (and often literally) in the service of their country. Many young people with families with political connections used those connections to ensure that they were placed well away from any potential harm. Others used educational exemptions, or became conscientious objectors. For others, the commonest method of avoiding the draft was to cross the border into another country. People who have been "called up" for military service and who attempted to avoid it in some way, were known as "draft-dodgers". American draft-dodgers made their way to Canada or Mexico. Australian draft-dodgers had a harder time leaving the country due to the ocean, but "going bush" worked just as well in the short term for many of them.
Many people looked upon draft-dodgers with scorn as being "cowards", but some supported them in their efforts. Other people like Muhammad Ali have openly refused to comply to conscription and fought in court to enforce his rights.
See also Military history, Swiss Army
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Conscription."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A draft is an elemental and rough plan of a document, for example a manuscript or a piece of official government legislation. Important and lengthy documents often go through several drafts, becoming successivelly more refined at each stage until the final publishable product is produced.
Architectural diagrams and building plans are drawn up by a draftsman.
A draft (british spelling draught) is a breeze blowing through an enclosed space.
At various times of war, governments have passed legislation to legalise enforced conscription of young men into the military for the duration of the conflict. This is known colloquially as the draft.
Draft is a term used to indicate the depth of the lowest point of a ship or boat, usually with a full load, and thus the minimum depth of any waterway through which it needs to pass. It also refers to the curvature of the sail.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Draft."
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The Selective Service Act established the first peacetime draft in United States history. The Act passed the United States Congress on May 18, 1917 and gave the President the power to draft soldiers.The draft began in November 1940, a year before the United States formally entered World War II. Conscription was not considered involuntary servitude under the Thirteenth Amendment, but rather part of Congress's right to raise and support armies.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Selective Service Act."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DRAFT | English | Document Read and Format Translator | N/A |
| DRFP | English | Draft request for proposals | Environment |
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Synonyms: DraftSynonyms: air current (n), bill of exchange (n), conscription (n), draft copy (n), draught (n), drawing (n), gulp (n), muster (n), order of payment (n), potation (n), rough drawing (n), selective service (n), swig (n), tipple (n), blueprint (v), enlist (v), muster in (v), outline (v), rough (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: draughted (transportation). |
| Antonym: discharge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Carrier | Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud. |
Compendium | Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus. |
Credit | Letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance, securities. |
Displacement | Verb: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile; (seclude); ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade. |
Levity | Convection, thermal draft, thermal. |
Money | Note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW. |
Painting | Picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil; drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study. |
Plan | Sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon; rough cast, rough draft, draught copy; copy; proof, revise. |
Representation | Copy; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme. |
Transference | Shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon. |
Noun: transfer, transference; translocation, elocation; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion, amotion; relegation; deportation, asportation; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer; (of property). | |
Writing | Compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw on paper, dash off; manifold. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I lost the number one draft pick the night before the draft (Jerry Maguire; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) I wouldn't have deserted if you had kept me out of the draft. (Finders Keepers; writing credit: Charles Dennis; Ronny Graham) Cold draft of paralyzing fear (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) The draft of the cable, Lord Stokeshire (Wedding Rehearsal; writing credit: Lajos Biró; George Grossmith) Draft dodging peace freaks, huh (The Wire; writing credit: Paulinne Arpi; Povl Erik Carstensen) | |
Lyrics | But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Draft Horse (1942) Caught in the Draft (1941) The Draft Board (1918) Draft 258 (1917) Caught in the Draft (1917) | |
Song Titles | Draft Dodger Rag (performing artist: Phil Ochs) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A drop sampler mounted on the bottom of a shallow draft boat. This sampling device is used to enclose a 1 - m2 area of salt marsh enabling researchers to measure the density of fishes and crustaceans on the marsh surface. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Gentle draft horses were used to transport wood to the sensitive regions of the upper river where heavy machinery would have been inappropriate. The horses were less expensive and worked in conjunction with the spyder to minimize disturbance to the stream bed and riparian buffer areas. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Steaming under forced draft, bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico, in Mid-April 1914. View looks aft and up, with the battleship's "cage" foremast and the top of her starboard boat crane dominating the image. Note searchlights and signal hoists. Credit: NAVY. |  | Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design. This plan, dated 14 February 1940, is for a ship of 54,500 tons standard displacement and 64,500 tons trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/54 guns and a 150,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 28 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 870'; waterline beam 114'; draft 36'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'. Port side 5" gun arrangement is labeled "previous secondary battery arrangement". Starboard side has a "proposed secondary battery arrangement.". Credit: NAVY. |
 | A tragedy of the draft. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Frederick James eagerly sucked in the draft of fresh air. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Draft of Colombian Treaty ... regrets. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fontana Dam looking downstream along center line of draft tube #1 from right bank at about elevation 1650. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Woman protests lowering of draft age. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Draft Board Number 5 which takes care of Lititz cases along with neighboring towns. Left to right: back to camera, John L. Bowman, attorney; George C. Ballman (secretary), hat manufacturer; Harold Shirker, full tim. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Draft table" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Architect table HIGH RES PHOTO AVIAL UPON REQUEST. CREDIT WHEN PRACTICAL." | "Miller genuinne draft" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Miller genuinne draft---i dont like beer, yuck." |
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Jean De La BruyFre | The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Secretary-General will communicate a certified copy of the recommendation or draft convention to each of the members. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | This I surmise, from having found the original draft of the last paragraph of Vol. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The four villains being furnished with the single draft they took charge of putting it on the stage |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And as the night went on, the men moved slower and slower, and they lifted their heavy feet like draft horses |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The panel composed a draft statement that was read in its entirety and circulated to the experts and the audience for comment. (references) | |
Thereafter, the panel resolved conflicting recommendations and released a revised draft statement at the end of the conference. (references) | ||
The consensus panel prepared a draft report summarizing the evidence pertinent to the key issues regarding optimal calcium intake. (references) | ||
Business | The method of payment is usually by letter of credit or sight draft. (references) | |
SASO is planning to draft standards for communication products in general. (references) | ||
Prior to final negotiations, the purchasing office issues a draft contract. (references) | ||
Children | Switzerland | Under the Federal Council's draft law, public services would have to be made accessible over a period of 20 years. (references) |
Mexico | The Commission also submitted a draft law to the executive on the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination, and prepared an executive report on discrimination in Mexico. (references) | |
Switzerland | Claiming that the financial consequences of the proposed change in law would have a negative impact on the economy, the Federal Council submitted an alternative draft law to Parliament in October. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bulgaria | Final action on the draft bill was deferred pending a review and comment from the Council of Europe. (references) |
Cambodia | Some journalists' organizations viewed the draft regulation as an attempt to increase Government control over the media. (references) | |
Armenia | Thirteen members of Jehovah's Witnesses remained in detention, charged with draft evasion or, if forcibly drafted, with desertion. (references) | |
Economic History | Haiti | The final draft of the code has been presented to the Parliament. (references) |
Morocco | This draft law must still be approved by the government and Parliament. (references) | |
Korea | Draft bills are often available on the web sites of relevant ministries. (references) | |
Human Rights | Lithuania | The European Law Department of the Government also reviews draft legislation. (references) |
Slovak Republic | The Department also prepared draft legislation to assist victims of the communist regime. (references) | |
Eritrea | During the year, military police were deployed in Asmara to find deserters and draft evaders. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | Indigenous men are not subject to the national military draft. (references) |
Indonesia | This effort was effective in convincing the Parliamentary Special Committee to use the Papuan draft as the basis for the final law. (references) | |
Minorities | Israel and the occupied territories | Some Bedouin and other Arab citizens who are not subject to the draft serve voluntarily. (references) |
Political Economy | INDIA | A draft Patents Bill is pending with a joint parliamentary committee. (references) |
Italy | Regions can also present draft laws to Parliament on issues of particular interest. (references) | |
JORDAN | World bank experts are helping the CBJ draft an e-commerce law which will include e-banking. (references) | |
Political Rights | Zimbabwe | The NCA continued to work on a new draft at year's end. (references) |
Burma | A final draft constitution never emerged from the national convention. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | In a nationwide referendum in 2000, voters defeated the draft constitution. (references) | |
Trade | India | The remittance is normally made by a demand draft. (references) |
France | EU Hotline (on draft standards of the CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI). (references) | |
Venezuela | Similarly, some U.S. companies have had difficulties with sight draft transactions. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Male dual nationals of military age who have not completed military service are not generally required to enlist in the armed forces; however, before they can leave Egypt, they must obtain an exemption certificate through the Ministry of Defense draft office. (references) |
Women | Israel and the occupied territories | Jewish women are subject to the military draft. (references) |
Barbados | The Labor Ministry was considering draft legislation aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | The new draft Labor Law was submitted in November to the Council of Ministers. (references) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | A draft Labor Industrial Relations Act under debate includes a proposal for recognition of trade unions. (references) | |
Russia | Moreover the law does not require management to sign the agreement, even after both sides have signed protocols approving a draft text. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones. The devil casting a seine of lace, (With precious stones 'twas weighted) Drew it into the landing place And its contents calculated. All souls of women were in that sack -- A draft miraculous, precious! But ere he could throw it across his back They'd all escaped through the meshes. Baruch de Loppis |
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Rostom al-Zoubi | We said we don't. That's why we submitted this draft resolution to the Security Council. And then the specialized authority of United Nations should go to implement this resolution if it's adopted by the Security Council. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | When this draft was presented by the holder with the credentials required by the treaty to authorize him to receive the money, the Government of France allowed it to be protested. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | The men who mine coal and fire furnaces and balance ledgers and turn lathes and pick cotton and heal the sick and plant corn--all serve as proudly, and as profitably, for America as the statesmen who draft treaties and the legislators who enact laws. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | But let us resolve that this is to be the Congress that made our draft laws as fair and as effective as possible. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I believe that our volunteer forces are adequate for current defense needs, and I hope that it will not become necessary to impose a draft. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Supported by our allies, we've put forward draft agreements proposing significant weapon reductions to equal and verifiable lower levels. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Later this year, researchers will complete the first draft of the entire human genome, the very blueprint of life. |
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| "Draft" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.88% of the time. "Draft" is used about 2,642 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.88% | 2,349 | 3,785 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.96% | 237 | 19,467 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.12% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,642 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "draft" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Draft | Last name | 130 | 64,455 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "draft": acceptance of a draft ♦ accommodation draft ♦ bank draft ♦ bankers draft ♦ banker's draft ♦ coordinated draft plan ♦ deep draft ♦ demand draft ♦ documentary draft ♦ draft agreement ♦ draft animal ♦ draft at sight ♦ draft beer ♦ draft bill ♦ draft board ♦ Draft box ♦ draft budget ♦ draft card ♦ draft contract ♦ draft copy ♦ draft document ♦ draft dodger ♦ Draft engine ♦ draft evader ♦ draft feature ♦ Draft horse ♦ Draft International Standard ♦ draft list ♦ Draft net ♦ draft off ♦ draft Once ReUse Many ♦ Draft ox ♦ draft plan ♦ draft the budget ♦ Draft tube ♦ foreign draft ♦ induced draft fan ♦ information of draft ♦ initial draft plan ♦ make a draft ♦ make a draft on ♦ make a draft on one's frienship ♦ Margin draft ♦ military draft ♦ rough draft ♦ saw draft ♦ sight draft ♦ Stuarts Draft ♦ thermal draft ♦ time draft ♦ to note a draft ♦ unequal draft ♦ up draft ♦ very deep draft ship ♦ wrong draft. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "draft": draft-bill, draft-dodger, draft-dodgers, draft-dodging, draft-exempt, draft-project, draft-proofing, draft-quality. | |
Ending with "draft": re-draft. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
nba draft | 9,069 | draft major league | 216 |
2003 draft nba | 5,207 | 2003 draft entry nhl | 208 |
2003 draft mock nba | 4,829 | alamo draft house | 204 |
draft bank | 3,003 | fantasy football mock draft | 202 |
mlb draft | 2,703 | 2003 draft nba rumor | 194 |
nba draft mock | 2,095 | draft 2003 | 194 |
2003 draft mlb | 1,957 | 2003 draft mock nhl | 174 |
baseball draft | 1,563 | draft nba net | 156 |
nhl draft | 1,064 | baseball amateur draft | 155 |
2003 draft nhl | 874 | 2004 draft nfl | 154 |
major league baseball draft | 874 | nba draft pick | 152 |
draft | 808 | chicago pre draft camp | 147 |
draft horse | 639 | 2003 draft league major | 145 |
nfl draft | 546 | history nba draft | 137 |
back draft | 422 | 2003 mock draft | 129 |
draft nba rumor | 362 | 2001 nba draft | 125 |
mock draft | 323 | 2003 draft nba pick | 125 |
nfl draft for 2003 | 318 | 1996 draft nba | 123 |
2002 nba draft | 264 | 2003 camp chicago draft pre | 116 |
final draft | 244 | nhl entry draft | 111 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "draft"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | konsep (plan, project, rough, rough draft, scheme). (various references) | |
Albanian | rrëkëllisje e gotës (draught), birrë fuçie (draught), bocet (cartoon, draught), farfallë (register), gllënjkë (craving, drachm, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, peg, pull, sip, smack, sup, swallow, swig, thirst, traction), grup i zgjedhur personash (draught), hartoj në vija të trasha (draught), humbje (blow, come down, damage, defeat, deprivation, disappearance, draught, flight, forfeiture, leak, leakage, losing, losings, loss, losses, Miss, passing, privation, wastage, waste), lëviz (budge, change place, dance, dodge, draught, drive, go along, move, proceed, remove, step, stir), maket (decoy, draught, dummy, model, synopsis), mbledhje e rrjetës (draught), plan (blueprint, conception, delineation, design, device, dodge, draught, idea, map, outline, plan, plane, plat, program, programme, project, Rede, schedule, scheme, survey, syllabus, target), çek (check, cheque, czech, draught), rekrutoj (conscript, draught, enlist, induct, levy, recruit), zgjedh (choose, constitute, cull, disentangle, draught, elect, embrace, opt, pick, pick out, select, single out, solve, take), rrymë ajri (blast, draught), sasi peshku në rrjetë (draught), seleksionim për shërbim ushtarak, skicë (cartoon, chart, dash, delineation, design, draught, essay, figure, freehand, outline, plan, profile, rough, sketch), skicoj (design, draught, lay down, plat, rough, sketch, touch off), tërheqje ngarkese (draught), thërras në shërbim ushtarak (draught), thellësi lundrimi (draught), transferoj (assign, circulate, devolve, down-load, draught, move, shift, transfer, translate, trans-ship), urdhërpagesë (draught), verë fuçie (draught), rekrutë të thirrur (draught). (various references) | |
Arabic | حوالة (check, cheque, transfer), رسم مخططا تمهيديا, أعد (activate, dish, dispose, dress, engage, engross, fit, get smb. working, pass, plan, put up, ready), إختيار (chosen, election, option, pick, picking, sampler, selection, volition), القدرة على جر الأثقال, المسودة, جند (camp, commandeer, draught, enlist, enroll, induct, recruit, soldiery), سحب (call, dash, disengage, drag, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, heave, lug, pull, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, tow, traction, trail, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), سن الخدمةالعسكرية, رسم (block, charge, daub, depict, depiction, describe, description, design, draught, draw, drawing, etch, etching, exhibit, figure to oneself, formalize, image, impost, lay, lay out, limn, line, mark out, pattern, pencil, picture, plotter, portray, portrayal, protract, scrawl, sketch, tableau, trace, trace over, weave), تيار هوائي (blast), كمبيالة (promissory), قرعة (lot, toss), نفس هوائية, مخطط تمهيدي (outline), مستخدم لجر الأثقال, مسودة (notes, outline, rough copy, sketch), مقدار السمك المصيد بسحبة واحدة, من تقع عليهم القرعة, كتب (compile, compose, draw up, enter, inscribe, note down, pen, prescribe, publication, record, register, write, write down), كتيبة (battalion, detachment, division, phalanx, troop), تمهيدي (initiative, introductory, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, propaedeutic, sketchy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | контингент (contingent, draught), изтеглям (draw, drive up, elongate, pick up, pull, pull out, withdraw), източвам (draw, draw off, run off, wiredraw), план (blueprint, conception, dart, diagram, draught, game, idea, layout, map, plan, plat, plot, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, schema, scheme, set up, skeleton, sketch, view), правя план (plan), правя чертеж (draught), проект (blueprint, contemplation, design, device, draught, project, proposition, scheme), набор (class, composition, draught, frill, furbelow, gathers, intake, matter, pucker, quilling, ruck, ruffle, shirr, skirt, typesetting), наливен, ордер (order, voucher, warrant), избирам хора за специална цел (draught), военна част, скица (contour, cure, delineation, design, diagram, draught, freehand drawing, object, outline, plan, plat, plot, schema, scheme, scream, skeleton, sketch, study, vignette), теглене (drag, draught, draw, drawing, haul, haulage, lug, pull, tow, towage, towing, traction, tug), теглене на пари с чек, точене (tapping), тяга (draught, propulsion, traction), чек (check, cheque, draught), чернова (draught), чертеж (design, diagram, draught, drawing, plan), рисунка (depiction, drawing, picture, tracery), свиквам набор, впрегатен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 草稿 (draught, Draughts), 草案 , 草 (careless, grass, hasty, manuscript, rough, straw), 起草 (draw up), 稿 (manuscript, stalk of grain), 徵召 (enlist). (various references) | |
Czech | smìnka (bill of exchange, exchange, post-bill), povolat (call in, call up), odvod (conscription, outlet, recruitment), naèrtnout (block out, delineate, design, draught, draw up, outline, touch off, trace), návrh (design, drawing, minute, motion, offer, proposal, suggestion), nárys (elevation, plan), koncipovat (draw up), koncept (rough copy). (various references) | |
Danish | dybgang (draught), dybgaaende (draught), dybgående (draught), veksel (alternating, bill, bill of exchange, bill receivable, letter of exchange, note, note receivable), trukket veksel (bill, bill of exchange, letter of exchange, note), tratte (bill, bill of exchange, letter of exchange, note), trasseret veksel (bill, bill of exchange, letter of exchange, note), traek (attenuating, attenuation, draught, drawing, drawing qualities, drive, haul of a net, hayl, kind of drive, system of drive, traction), slipvinkel (draught, draw, leave, taper), slipning (draught), slip (briefs, creep, rip-in, slip, slippage, slipping, spinning), bankanvisning (check, cheque), anvisning (etc.), order (on a bank). (various references) | |
Dutch | wissel (bill of exchange), cambio (bill of exchange). (various references) | |
Esperanto | trato, malneto (rough draft), kambio (bill of exchange). (various references) | |
Faeroese | veksil (bill of exchange). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیش نویس (Minute), مسوده (Minute, Sketch), چرک نویس , طرح کردن (Advance, Cast, Chart, Frame, Manoeuvre), طرح (Cast, Diagram, Knack, Layout, Machination, Model, Module, Outline, Pattern, Plan, Plat, Plot, Project, Projection, Proposal, Schema, Scheme, Skeleton, Sketch), انتخاب (Choice, Election, Pickup), ازبشکه ریختن , برات کشی , برات (Bill, Cheque). (various references) | |
Finnish | veto (bet, draught, pull, stroke, traction), vekseli (bill), vedon synnyttävä paine-ero (draught), tratta, syväys (draught), suunnitelma (design, plan, project, scheme), sommittelu (composition, design), päästö (anneal, discharge, draught, draw, emission, leave, part of the retained austenite is usually retransformed during tempering, relaxation of stresses, release of stresses, taper, tempering), maksuosoitus (money order), luonnos (sketch), kutsunta (enrolment for military service), kulkusyvyys (draught), hellitys (draught), asete. (various references) | |
French | traite, esquisse (draught). (various references) | |
German | tratte (bill, bill of exchange, letter of exchange, note), Wechsel (about-face, allowance, alteration, alternation, bill of exchange, change, change over, changes, changing, conversion, exchange, money exchange, move, redemption, rotation, substitution, swap, switch, trail used by wild animals, transfer, transformation, transition, variation), entwurf (bill, blueprint, concept, design, diagram, drawing, framework, outline, plan, plane, plot, project, scheme, sketch, specification), Ausarbeitung (composition, developement, drawing up, elaboration, formulation, preparation, working out). (various references) | |
Greek | συναλλαγματική (bill of exchange, draught). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממשך (bait, stroke of the bow), מתוה (outline, sketch), מרשם (chart, diagram, receipt, registration, scheme, sketch), לשרטט (adumbrate, block, draught, draw, sketch), טיוטה (rough copy), רוח פרצים (draught), סרטוט (drawing, outline, sketch). (various references) | |
Hungarian | váltó (bill, bill of exchange, crossing, points, relay race, stiff, switch). (various references) | |
Indonesian | draft, wesel (money order), merancang, konsep (concept), bagan (design, program, schema, skeleton, sketch), anggitan (composition). (various references) | |
Italian | cambiale (bill, bill of exchange, promissory), tratta (bill, section, trade), tiraggio (draught), spiffero (draught), pescaggio (draught), lettera di cambio (bill, bill of exchange, letter of exchange, note), immersione (dip, dive, diving, immersion, submersion). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 草稿 (manuscript, notes). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そあん, てがた (promissory note), げんあん (motion, original bill, original plan), げしょ (rough copy), あんもん, あんぶん (proportional division or distribution), りつあん (design), かわせてがた, ていほん (authentic book or manuscript, original text), ぶんあん, すきまかぜ, きっすい (genuine, natural-born, pure, sea gauge), そうあん (original idea, priest's hermitage, thatched hut), そうこう (achievement, armored, bustle, conduct, deportment, document transmission, efficacy, fruition, hatch, hatchway, hurry, manuscript, meanwhile, notes, plain food, rousing, running a wheeled vehicle, simple living, success, traveling), なま (raw, unprocessed), したがき (rough copy), ドラフ , ドラフト , ふなあし (speed of a boat). (various references) | |
Korean | 초안 (draught, Draughts). (various references) | |
Manx | tayrn seose, tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, drag, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, heave, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pull, pulling, suction, tow, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank), jiormey, draghtey (draw up), draght, cur jiormey er bun, cur ayns jiormey. (various references) | |
Norwegian | veksel, utkast. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aftdray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saque (booty, foray, loot, marauding, pillage, plunder, plunderage, ravage, sacking, serve, spoil, spoliation), rascunho (draught, jiff, jiffy, minute, rough draft, sketch), ordem de pagamento (note), esboço (delineation, design, draught, essay, framing, layout, lineation, picture, plan, rough sketch, schema, sketch, vignette). (various references) | |
Romanian | detaşament trimis într-un anumit scop, desen (depiction, design, designing, draught, drawing, free hand, pad, pattern, sketch), detaşa (alienate, detach, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, separate, unbind, uncouple, unfasten), recruta (commandeer, conscript, enlist, levy, muster in, recruit), proiecta (blueprint out, cast, contemplate, design, engineer, frame, plan, project, scheme), proiect (contemplation, counsel, design, designing, device, draught, idea, plan, project, projection, proposal, scheme, scheming), poliţã (bill of exchange, rack, shelf), schiţã (adumbration, contour, delineation, design, draught, drawing, line, outline, plan, plot, shorter, sketch, sketching), redacta (compose, couch, draw, draw up, edit, frame, indite, prepare, redact, word, write), întãrituri (lodgment, succor, succour), schemã (chart, diagram, lay out, network, outline, plan, schedule, schema, scheme, set up, sketch), contingent (amount, class, contingent, contribution), concept (concept, draught, intention, notion), concepe (cogitate, compose, conceive, conceive of, devise, gender, hatch, ideate, imagine, indite, rough draft, sketch, think, word, write), ciornã (a rough copy, outline, rough copy), cambie (bill, promissory note), plan (contrivance, counsel, design, device, disposition, even, idea, intention, level, map, meaning, outline, plain, plan, plane, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, scheme, scheming, skeleton, syllabus, tabular). (various references) | |
Russian | чек (check, cheque), призыв (appeal, call, exhortation, watchword), призыв в армию (military draft), проект (blue print, design, device, layout, project, projection, scheme), набросать (feature, jot down), набросок (drawing, jotting, minute, outline, skeleton, sketch), осадка (sag, settlement, sinking, upset), план (blue print, blueprint, design, device, diagram, layout, map, pipe dream, plan, plot, program, programme, project, scheme, syllabus), тяга (connecting-rod, draught, draw, haulage, pull, traction), сужение (constriction, contraction, draught, stenosis), черновик (first draft, foul copy, rough copy), чертить (draught, draw, plot), чертеж (design, draught, drawing, plan, plot, scheme), сделать чертеж, скидка на провес, уклон (bias, deviation, dip, downgrade, draught, fall, grade, gradient, incline, plane, ply, ramp, slant, slope, taper), эскиз (design, outline, rough draft, sketch), конусность (draught, taper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vuča (pull, tow, towage, towing, traction, tug), skicirati (adumbrate, block out, outline, sketch), skica (diagram, drawing, sketch), regrutovati (conscript, enlist, levy, recruit), regrutovanje (conscription, drafting, induction, levy, recruiting, recruitment), promaja, menica (bill, bill of exchange), formulisati (couch, formulate, frame, phrase, state, word), crtež (design, drawing). (various references) | |
Spanish | orden de pago (etc.), order (on a bank), letra de cambio (bank bill, bill of exchange, draught), corriente de aire (airstream, draught). (various references) | |
Swedish | utkast (design, draught, minute, outline, plan, rough, rough draft, skeleton, sketch), koncept (concept, idea), drag (draught, draw, feature, move, odor, odour, pull, strain, streak, stroke, sweep, touch, trait, tug, vein, whiff). (various references) | |
Thai | เอกสารฉบับร่าง, เกณฑ์, เครื่องถ่ายเทอากาศ, ทำพิมพ์เขียว, กระแสลม, ตั๋วแลกเงิน, ร่าง (redact), ภาพร่าง (sketch). (various references) | |
Turkish | müsvedde (draught, rough, rough copy, roughcast, work sheet), çekme (allure, allurement, bearing, draught, draw, drawing, extraction, haul, haulage, hitch, hoist, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, shrinkage, shrinking, soak, throwback, towage, towaway, towing, traction, withdrawal), ödeme emri (banker's order, order, order of payment, standing order), askere almak (conscript, Crimp, draught, enlist, enrol, enroll, induct, levy, recruit), askerlik (enlistment, military service, recruiting, recruitment, service, soldiering, soldiery), cereyan (circulation, current, draught, flow, tide), görevlendirmek (commission, deploy, draught, draw out, elect, employ, entrust, give work, instruct, place, post, set on, station), çekiş (draught, draw, hitch, lug, pull, traction, tractive, tug), istismar (exploitation, parlay, taking advantage of), taslak (conspectus, design, diagram, draft plan, draught, drawing, outline, plan, rough, roughcast, schema, silhouette, skeleton, sketch, study, tracing, visual), manga (group, mess, mess deck, section, squad), para çekme (withdrawal), planlamak (architect, arrange, blue print, calculate, chart, concert, contrive, design, devise, have in view, map, mark out, plan, premeditate, program, programme, project, structure, think, work up), rahatsızlık (ailment, annoyance, complaint, discomfiture, discomfort, discomposure, disease, disquiet, distemper, disturbance, dysphoria, embarrassment, fidget, harassment, ill, illness, inconvenience, indisposition, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, restlessness, seediness, trouble, uneasiness, unrest), sıkıntı (adversity, agitation, annoyance, anxiety, bore, boredom, bother, botheration, difficulty, dire straits, discomfort, distress, doldrums, embarrassment, famine, fear, fret, gloom, gloominess, grayness, greyness, groan, hardship, heebie-jeebies, inconvenience, incubus, infliction, load, megrims, mopes, nuisance, oppression, pill, pip, pressure, rigor, rigour, rock, scrape, Strait, straits, stringency, tedium, the megrims, toil, toils, tribulation, trouble, vexation, weight, willies), tasarlamak (architect, blue print, calculate, cast about, cast around, contemplate, contrive, design, devise, draught, fix, forecast, incubate, mean, meditate, plan, premeditate, project, propose, purpose, ruminate, scheme, skeletonize, spin, think out, think up, trace), taslağını çizmek (adumbrate, delineate, draught, draw, draw out, outline, rough in, rough out, roughcast, sketch), hava akımı (current of air, draught). (various references) | |
Turkmen | taslama (sketch), garalama (rough copy), зyzgy (drawing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чек (cheque, order), цідити (tap), креслення (delineation, description, drafting, draftsmanship, draughtsmanship, drawing, protraction), відбирати (abstract, choose, defraud, denude, deprive, draught, pick over), варіант (alternant, alternate, variant, version), накреслити, проект (blueprint, device, plan, project, projection, prospectus), призивати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sơ đồ thiết kế, cặn nước vo gạo, biệt phái, bản phác thảo (design, draught), bản phác hoạ, đồ án. (various references) | |
Welsh | llynciad (gulp), llusg (drag). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | classe, classem, classes, classibus, classis, dilectum, dilectus, inchoante, inchoasti, inchoat, inchoationis, inchoaverunt, inchoavi, inchoavit, tractus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | conceptus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | protocollum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "draft": draftable, drafted, draftee, draftees, drafter, drafters, draftier, draftiest, draftily, draftiness, draftinesses, drafting, draftings, drafts, draftsman, draftsmanship, draftsmanships, draftsmen, draftsperson, draftspersons, drafty. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "draft": antidraft, downdraft, indraft, overdraft, redraft, updraft. (additional references) | |
Words containing "draft": downdrafts, indrafts, overdrafts, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts, updrafts. (additional references) | |
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"Draft" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Darfst, darft, deaft, diraft, Doratt, draf, drafe, draff, draht, drant, drast, drath, dratz, draut, drawt, dref, dreff, drefn, dreft, dreyt, drif, druf, drufe, drutt, dwaft, traft, treft, wraft. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "draft" (pronounced dra"ft) |
| 5 | d r a" f t | draught, redraft. |
| 4 | -r a" f t | craft, graft, Kraft, raft. |
| 3 | -a" f t | aft, daft, haft, laughed, shaft, staffed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-r-t" | |
-1 letter: daft, dart, drat, fard, frat, raft, trad. | |
-2 letters: aft, arf, art, fad, far, fat, rad, rat, tad, tar. | |
-3 letters: ad, ar, at, fa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-f-r-t" | |
+1 letter: adrift, dafter, drafts, drafty, rafted. | |
+2 letters: crafted, drafted, draftee, drafter, fatbird, fracted, grafted, indraft, redraft, strafed, updraft. | |
+3 letters: defeater, deflater, deflator, diffract, draftees, drafters, draftier, draftily, drafting, driftage, dwarfest, factored, faltered, fatbirds, fathered, featured, federate, foredate, furcated, indrafts, leftward, raftered, ratified, redefeat, redrafts, reflated, tariffed, tradeoff, updrafts. | |
+4 letters: affronted, afterdeck, afterward, afterword, airlifted, antidraft, antifraud, defaulter, defeaters, defeature, deflaters, deflators, delftware, diffracts, downdraft, draffiest, draftable, draftiest, draftings, draftsman, draftsmen, driftages, engrafted, farmstead, feathered, federated, federates, feudatory, filtrated, firsthand, flattered, floriated, footboard, foredated, foredates, formatted, fractured, fraughted, frontward, godfather, gratified, handcraft, headfirst, infarcted, infracted, ingrafted, leftwards, overdraft, redefeats, redrafted, refloated, refracted, regrafted, restaffed, threadfin, tradeoffs, woodcraft. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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