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Definition: Deer |
DeerNoun1. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), noun. singular & plural [Old English der, deor, animal, wild animal, Anglo-Saxon de['o]r; akin to Dutch dier, Old Flemmish diar, German thier, tier, Icelandic d[=y]r, Danish dyr, Swedish djur, Gothic dius; of unknown origin.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | This is a favorable dream, denoting pure and deep friendships for the young and a quiet and even life for the married. To kill a deer, denotes that you will be hounded by enemies. For farmers, or business people, to dream of hunting deer, denotes failure in their respective pursuits. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | A large family of ruminant mammals of the order Artiodactyla including deer, elk, moose and related forms. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Deer Supposed by poets to shed tears. The drops, however, which fall from their eyes are not tears, but an oily secretion from the so-called tear-pits. "A poor sequestered stag ... Did come to languish ... and the big round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase." Shakespeare: As You Like It, ii. 2. Small deer. Any small animal; and used metaphorically for any collection of trifles or trifling matters. "But mice and rats, and such small deer, Have been Tom's food for seven long year." Shakespeare: Lear, iii.4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Deer Larger version Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Defined strictly, a deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. A number of broadly similar animals, from related families within the order Artiodactyla, are often also called deer.
Deer are widely distributed, with representatives in all continents except Australia and Africa.
Deer differ from other ruminants in that they have antlers instead of horns. Antlers are bony growths which develop each year (usually in summer) and, in general, it is only male deer that develop them (although there are exceptions).
There are about 43 species of deer worldwide, divided into two broad groups: the old world group includes the subfamilies Muntiacinae and Cervinae; the new world deer the subfamilies Hydropotinae and Capreolinae. Note that the terms indicate the origin of the groups, not their modern distribution: the Water Deer, for example, is a new world species but is found only in China and Korea.
It is thought that the new world group evolved about 5 million years ago in the forests of North America and Siberia, the old world deer in Asia.
Deer are selective feeders. They have small, unspecialised stomachs by herbivore standards, and high nutrition requirememts: ingesting sufficient minerals to grow a new pair of antlers every year is a significant task. Rather than attempt to digest vast quantities of low-grade, fiberous food as, for example, sheep and cattle do, deer select easily digestable shoots, young leaves, fresh grasses, soft twigs, fruit, fungi, and lichens.
Deer have long had economic significance to humans. While they are generally not as easily domesticated as sheep, goats, pigs and even cattle, the association between people and deer is very old. Deer flesh, for which they are hunted and farmed, is called venison.
White-tailed Deer.
Larger version
Fawn
In Christmas lore(The Poem Twas The Night Before Christmas), reindeer are believed to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus. One famous fictional deer is Bambi.
- SUBORDER RUMINANTIA
- Family Tragulidae: chevrotains
- Family Moschidae: musk deer
- Family Cervidae
- Subfamily Muntiacinae
- Indian Muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak
- Reeves's Muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi
- Hairy-fronted Muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons
- Fea's Muntjac, Muntiacus feae
- Roosevelt's Muntjac, Muntiacus rooseveltorium
- Gongshan Muntjac, Muntiacus gongshanensis
- Giant Muntjac, Muntiacus vuqangensis
- Tufted Deer, Elaphodus cephalophus
- Subfamily Cervinae
- Fallow Deer, Dama dama
- Chital, Axis axis
- Hog Deer, Axis porcinus
- Kuhl's Deer, Axis kuhlii
- Calamian Deer, Axis calamianensis
- Thorold's Deer, Cervus albirostris
- Swamp Deer, Cervus duvaucelii
- Red Deer, Cervus elaphus
- Wapiti (Elk), Cervus canadensis
- Eld's Deer, Cervus eldii''
- Sika Deer, Cervus nippon
- Rusa Deer, Cervus timorensis
- Sambar, Cervus unicolor
- Pere David's Deer, Elaphurus davidianus''
- Subfamily Hydropotinae
- Water Deer, Hydropotes inermis
- Subfamily Capreolinae
- Mule Deer, Odocoileus hermionus
- White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus
- Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus
- Moose (Elk), Alces alces
- Reindeer (Caribou), Rangifer tarandus''
- Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus
- Pampas Deer, Ozotoceros bezoarticus''
- Chilean Heumul, Hippocamelus bisulcus
- Peruvian Heumul, Hippocamelus antisensis
- Red Brocket, Mazama americana
- Brown Brocket, Mazama gouazoupira
- Little Red Brocket, Mazama rufina
- Dwarf Brocket, Mazama chunyi
- Southern Pudu, Pudu pudu
- Northern Pudu, Pudu mephistophiles
- Family Giraffidae: Giraffe and Okapi
- Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorn
- Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Deer."
Synonym: DeerSynonym: cervid (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar. |
Dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie. | |
Cowardice | In face a lion but in heart a deer. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Deer |
| English words defined with "deer": barking deer, blacktail deer, black-tailed deer, burro deer ♦ deer fern, deer hunt, deer hunter, deer hunting, deer trail ♦ fallow deer ♦ Japanese deer ♦ Mule deer, Musk deer ♦ Pampas deer, pere david's deer ♦ red deer, roe deer ♦ Small deer, Swamp deer ♦ Virginia deer ♦ whitetail deer, white-tailed deer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "deer": Age of Animals., Alans, aphta disease, aphthous fever ♦ Babesiosis, Borna Disease Virus ♦ Chevy Chase, Coltivirus ♦ deer yard, Dictyocaulus Infections ♦ epizootic aphtha ♦ GUAMA ULMIFOLIA, GUILIELMA GASIPAES ♦ Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Hart Royal, Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic, Humble Pie, Huntingdon ♦ NIMROD ♦ Ox of the Deluge ♦ PKWARE, Inc. ♦ Roland ♦ Spaie, Sporting Seasons in England ♦ true deer ♦ Umble-pie ♦ WILDLIFE CONTROL AGENT ♦ Zal. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "deer": Ra. (references) |
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Screenplays | One of them could have been a deer, but the other one sounded like a cackling (The Blair Witch Project; writing credit: Daniel Myrick; Eduardo Sánchez) A deer! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) An absolute deer! (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz) One night a deer, next night a salmon (Wolfen; writing credit: David Eyre; Whitley Strieber) I never thought I would see the woman I'm engaged to being carried out of the woods like a fallen deer. (Carousel; writing credit: Ferenc Molnár; Oscar Hammerstein II) | |
Lyrics | Where they're downing only deer (RHYTHM OF MY HEART; performing artist: Rod Stewart) | |
Clever | Deer Kill 17,000 (references; author: unknown) How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign? (references; author: unknown) An army of deer led by a lion is to be feared more than an army of lions led by a deer. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Banyan Deer (1959) Dear! Deer! (1942) Universal Ike Junior in the Deer Hunter (1914) Deer Hunt in the South of France (1903) Red Deer (2000) | |
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 | Photograph of deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), the major carrier of Sin Nombre virus, which is one of the hantaviruses that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in humans. Credit: CDC. |  | The A. quadrimaculatus is a vector involved in the spread of malaria in humans, but also enjoys cattle, horses, pigs and deer as hosts. Credit: CDC. |
 | Moose - Alces alces gigas - the largest of the deer family. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | The great Mississippi River flood of 1927 Wild deer on the levee. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Deer tracks on the beach. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Deer pea is a common marsh plant that plays an important role in nitrogen cycling. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Deer Island, Penobscot Bay area. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Deer tracks at Iron Mountain Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. Deer in forested wetland area. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve A deer tick - Ixodes dammini - is quite abundant on Prudence Island. These small creatures can be quite dangerous to humans as they are carriers of Lyme disease. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Young deer" by Rob.bakkers@home.nl Commentary: "Some young deer lying in the grass. (To get a full size picture contact me. The full size is 3.1mp)." | "2 Deer" by Stephen Mishler Commentary: "2 deer walking by before nightfall." |
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Emily Dickinson | A wounded deer leaps the highest. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Thus this law of reason makes the deer that Indian's who hath killed it; it is allowed to be his goods, who hath bestowed his labour upon it, though before it was the common right of every one. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Maggie's Visit to Oxford | Carroll, Lewis | In Magdalen Park the deer are wild With joy, that Maggie brings Some bread a friend had given the child, To feed the pretty things |
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe | Douglas Adams | After a while an animal- a deer perhaps - would appear from out of the trees and watch him cautiously |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jean Valjean felt a shudder like that of the deer when he sees the hounds again upon his track |
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Health | Deer, elk, and wild rodents are likely reservoirs. (references) | |
Similar diseases have occurred in elk, deer, and exotic zoo animals. (references) | ||
A new Powassan-like virus has recently been isolated from deer ticks. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Mexico | In June the press reported that General Jaime Antonio Lopez Portillo, the military's chief prosecutor, stated that the soldiers had been hunting deer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Deer" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 94.95% of the time. "Deer" is used about 929 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 (common) | 94.95% | 882 | 8,059 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.05% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Total | 100.00% | 929 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "deer" 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 |
| Deer | Last name | 1,000 | 10,783 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "deer". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Zeboiim | N/A | Biblical | Deer |
| Zibiah | N/A | Biblical | Deer |
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1. Deer, AR |
Expressions using "deer": barking deer ♦ blacktail deer ♦ Brown Deer ♦ burro deer ♦ deer calf ♦ Deer Creek ♦ deer fern ♦ deer fly fever ♦ deer foot ♦ deer grass ♦ Deer Grove ♦ deer hunt ♦ deer hunter ♦ deer hunting ♦ Deer Island ♦ Deer Isle ♦ Deer Lake ♦ Deer Lodge ♦ Deer Lodge County ♦ deer mirror ♦ Deer mouse ♦ deer mushroom ♦ deer park ♦ Deer River ♦ deer roe ♦ deer skin ♦ deer stalker ♦ deer stalking ♦ deer tick ♦ Deer Trail ♦ deer yard ♦ Eld's deer ♦ Fallow deer ♦ Hog deer ♦ in face a lion but in heart a deer ♦ Jackass deer ♦ japanese deer ♦ Java musk deer ♦ Jumping deer ♦ Lame Deer ♦ Little Deer Isle ♦ moose deer ♦ mouse deer ♦ mule deer ♦ muntiac deer ♦ muntjac,muntjak,munjak,barking deer ♦ musk deer ♦ palmed deer ♦ pampas deer ♦ pere david's deer ♦ pygmy musk deer ♦ red deer ♦ roe deer ♦ small deer ♦ swamp deer ♦ To break a deer ♦ true deer ♦ Virginia deer ♦ water deer ♦ White Deer ♦ whitetail deer ♦ young deer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "deer": deer-caught-in-the-headlights, deer-fly, deer-forest, deer-hound, deer-hounds, deer-hunters, deer-hunting, deer-killers, deer-lick, deer-like, Deer-neck, deer-park, deer-parks, deer-raiders, deer-raiding, deer-shooting, deer-shot, deer-skin, deer-skins, deer-spotting, deer-stalkers, deer-stalking, deer-stealers, deer-stealing, deer-watchers, deer-watching. | |
Ending with "deer": fallow-deer, hog-deer, red-deer, roe-deer. | |
Containing "deer": Anaconda-Deer Lodge County. | |
| 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 |
deer | 3,582 | deer repellant | 176 |
deer hunting | 1,567 | deer valley | 156 |
deer hunter | 1,338 | deer stands | 156 |
whitetail deer | 1,318 | white tailed deer | 149 |
deer tick | 850 | whitetail deer hunting | 146 |
deer feeder | 472 | red deer alberta | 144 |
advocate deer red | 409 | city of red deer | 139 |
deer picture | 400 | deer resistant plant | 135 |
red deer | 397 | texas deer lease | 130 |
mule deer | 384 | deer hunter 5 | 130 |
deer sculpture | 296 | deer repellent | 127 |
red deer college | 284 | deer hunting game | 118 |
white tail deer | 282 | arpt az deer municipal phoenix valley | 116 |
deer park ny | 271 | deer park isd | 115 |
deer park texas | 256 | the deer hunter | 108 |
deer valley real estate | 240 | deer antler | 105 |
deer control | 235 | buck deer | 104 |
deer park | 234 | texas deer hunting | 102 |
deer creek | 220 | deer blind | 98 |
red deer canada | 179 | deer hunt | 96 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "deer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | hert, takbok. (various references) | |
Albanian | dre (buck, elk, stag). (various references) | |
Arabic | غزالة (hind), الأيل, أنثي الغزال, ظبي (antelope, elk, fallow deer, gazelle, mountain goat, ram, stag). (various references) | |
Asturian | venáu. (various references) | |
Bavarian | hiaschn. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | áwatoyi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сърна (deer roe, hind), резерват за елени (deer park, deer-forest), тънка шия (deer-neck), кабарга (musk deer), голяма хрътка за лов на елени (deer-hound), елен (red deer, stag), лопатар (fallow deer, shoveller). (various references) | |
Cebuano | osa. (various references) | |
Chamorro | binadu. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鹿 . (various references) | |
Czech | vysoká zvìř, srnec (buck, Roebuck), jelen (buck, Hart, stag). (various references) | |
Danish | raadyr (roe, roebuck), hjorte (true deer). (various references) | |
Dutch | hert. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | taruca. (various references) | |
Esperanto | cervo, cerva (deer-, of a deer). (various references) | |
Faeroese | hjørtur. (various references) | |
Farsi | اهوی کوهی (Gazelle). (various references) | |
Finnish | metsäkauris (roe-deer, the Tropic of Capricorn), hirvieläin, hirvi (elk, hart, moose, stag). (various references) | |
French | cerf. (various references) | |
Frisian | hart. (various references) | |
German | Reh (deer roe, roe, roe deer, venison), hirsch (hart, stag, venison). (various references) | |
Greek | ζαρκάδι (roedeer), ελάφι (fawn). (various references) | |
Hebrew | צבי (antelope, gazelle, stag). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szarvas (horned, stag). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rusa, kidang. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | tuktuvak. (various references) | |
Irish | fia. (various references) | |
Italian | capriolo (roe). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鹿 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しか (blemish, current price, defect, dentistry, flaw, furlough, historian, Japanesepoetry, leave of absence, market price, one's own house, price of paper, price of silk thread, private house, the teacher's home). (various references) | |
Kongo | nkayi. (various references) | |
Korean | 사숨. (various references) | |
Macedonian | srna. (various references) | |
Manx | feeaih. (various references) | |
Maori | tia. (various references) | |
Maya | keeh (venison). (various references) | |
Mohawk | ohskennonton. (various references) | |
Norwegian | hjort (hart). (various references) | |
Papago | sihki (white-tailed deer), huawi (mule deer). (various references) | |
Papiamen | biná. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eerday.(various references) | |
Polish | jeleń. (various references) | |
Portuguese | veado (hart, stag, veal). (various references) | |
Provencal | cèrvi. (various references) | |
Romanian | cerb (Hart, Roebuck, stag), cãprioarã (doe, hind, Roe). (various references) | |
Romansch | chavriel. (various references) | |
Romany | surnà. (various references) | |
Russian | олень. (various references) | |
Samoan | aila. (various references) | |
Scottish | fiadh (a deer). (various references) | |
Sepedi | phoofolo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | jelen (buck, hart, stag). (various references) | |
Spanish | ciervo (buck, Hart, red deer, stag). (various references) | |
Sranan | diya. (various references) | |
Swedish | rådjur (roe, roe deer, roedeer), hjort (Hart). (various references) | |
Turkish | karaca (Roe, roe deer), geyik benzeri hayvan, geyik (hind). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sugun. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | червоний звір, олень. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự săn hươu nai (deer-stalking), rừng để săn hươu nai (deer-forest, deer-park), người săn hươu nai mũ săn (deer-stalker). (various references) | |
Welsh | carw (stag). (various references) | |
Yucatec | keeh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Capreolus capreolus, cerva, cervas, Cervidae, cervis, cervus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | heorot. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deer": deerberries, deerberry, deerflies, deerfly, deerhound, deerhounds, deerlike, deers, deerskin, deerskins, deerstalker, deerstalkers, deerweed, deerweeds, deeryard, deeryards. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deer": balladeer, bayadeer, commandeer, killdeer, reindeer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "deer": balladeers, bayadeers, commandeered, commandeering, commandeers, killdeers, reindeers. (additional references) | |
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"Deer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: daer, daqer, daur, Daxer, dayer, dayre, dder, dea, deaer, deair, deari, Decr, deder, dedere, dee, deec, deee, deef, Deeg, deej, deek, deel, deere, deers, deery, deet, deey, Deger, degr, deir, dej, deler, demear, deneer, deneri, deo, deor, deorc, deorn, deper, Depero, deq, der, derb, Dereh, Deren, derg, deri, Derl, derm, dero, derp, Derx, deser, deur, dever, Devro, dewer, dier, Diur, Djer, dler, doerr, duar, duer, duero, Duerr, duir, dver, dwee, dyr, dyrr, edar, eder, edere, Edery, edir, edor, edr, edre, eeer, ideer, nder, udeer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deer" (pronounced di"r) |
| 3 | d i" r | belvedere, bombardier, Brigadier, commandeer, dear. |
| 2 | -i" r | adhere, Amir, appear, auctioneer, austere, bandolier, beer, bioengineer, budgeteer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, cheer, Chevalier, clear, conventioneer, disappear, domineer, ear, electioneer, emir, engineer, fear, financier, fleer, Frere, frontier, gear, gondolier, hear, here, insincere, interfere, jeer, Kier, Lear, marketeer, mere, mir, mutineer, near, overhear, pamphleteer, peer, persevere, pier, pioneer, premier, premiere, profiteer, queer, Racketeer, Rainier, reappear, rear, reengineer, rehear, revere, sear, sere, severe, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, souvenir, spear, Speer, speir, sphere, steer, summiteer, unclear, veer, veneer, volunteer, year, Zaire. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dere, dree, rede, reed. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-r" | |
-1 letter: dee, ere, red, ree. | |
-2 letters: de, ed, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-r" | |
+1 letter: brede, breed, ceder, cered, creed, deers, defer, deter, dreed, drees, eared, edger, eider, elder, ender, erode, erred, freed, greed, heder, merde, preed, reded, redes, redye, reeds, reedy, refed, rewed, seder, sered, treed. | |
+2 letters: adhere, aeried, agreed, bedder, bender, bredes, breeds, brewed, ceders, cheder, creeds, creped, crewed, deader, deafer, dealer, dearer, dearie, decare, decern, decker, decree, deeper, defers, defier, defter, degerm, degree, deicer, dekare, delver, demure, denier, denser, deperm, derate, deride, derive, desert, desire, deters, dewier, dexter, dieter, dragee, drawee, dredge, dueler, earned, edgers, edgier, eiders, elders, eluder, emerod, endear, enders, endure, enured, erased, eroded, erodes, evader, exedra, feared, feeder, fender, geared, gelder, gender, greeds, greedy, greyed, header, heders, hedger, heeder, heired, herbed, herded, herder, jeered, jereed, jerked, kerbed, kerfed, kerned, leader, ledger, leered, lender, lewder, lieder, melder, mender, merdes, merged, metred, neared, needer, nereid, nerved, oreide, overed, pardee, pedler, peered, perdie, perdue, perked, permed, premed, preyed, pureed, razeed, reader, reamed, reaped, reared, reaved, rebred, recede, recked, recode, redate, redded, redden, redder, reddle, redear, redeem, redefy, redeny, redeye, rediae, redleg, redoes, redone, redrew, reduce, redyed, redyes, reeded, reedit, reefed, reeked, reeled, reeved, refeed, reffed, reined, reived, relend, relied, remade, remedy, remend, rended, render, rented, repled, repped, reread, reseda, reseed, resend, reside, rested, retied, retted, reused, revved, reweds, reweld, screed, seared, seders, seeder, sender, served, teared, tedder, tender, teredo, termed, tiered, ureide, veered, vender, verged, versed, wedder, weeder, welder, yerked, zeroed. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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