Headlong

Definitions: Headlong

Headlong

Adjective

1. Excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell".

2. With the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool".

Adverb

1. With the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base".

2. At breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate".

3. In a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin".

Date "headlong" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Headlong

Synonyms: hasty (adj), headfirst (adv), precipitately (adv), rashly (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Haste	Verb: haste, hasten; make haste, make a dash; Noun: hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward; hurry, skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro, bustle, flutter, scramble; plunge, plunge headlong; dash off; rush; (violence); express.
	Hastily, precipitately; Adjective: helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus; slapdash, slap-bang; full-tilt, full drive; heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu.
	Adjective: hasty, hurried, brusque; scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded; feverish, fussy; pushing.
Pursuit	Rush upon; rush headlong; (violence) ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.
Rashness	Hot-blooded, hotheaded, hotbrained; headlong, headstrong; breakneck; foolhardy; harebrained; precipitate, impulsive. overconfident, overweening; venturesome, venturous; adventurous, Quixotic, fire eating, cavalier; janty, jaunty, free and easy.
Violence	Verb: be -violent; Adjective: run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go on a rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot; rough house; riot, storm; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod; spread like wildfire.
	Adverb: violently; Adjective: amain; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance; headlong, head foremost.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Headlong

English words defined with "headlong": abruptness ♦ career ♦ dive, diving ♦ fling ♦ hasty, header, headfirst, Hell ♦ incautious, infernal region, inferno ♦ nether region ♦ perdition, Pitch farthing, precipitance, precipitancy, Precipitantly, precipitate, precipitately, precipitateness ♦ rashly ♦ stampede, suddenness ♦ the pit, To go it blind, tumbling. (references)

Specialty definitions using "headlong": Gergesa ♦ Hinda ♦ Serat. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The Way of the Samurai is one of immediacy, and it is best to dash in headlong. (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; writing credit: Jim Jarmusch)
Movie/TV Titles	Headlong (1995)
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Domain	Title
Books	Headlong (reference) Headlong Hall (reference) Headlong Hall and Gryll Grange (Worlds Classics) (reference) Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey (reference) Headlong in the Dark (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Headlong / God Bless Mom / New Partner / Listen [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	It was a great battle. I remember plunging down the mountain, loading and firing, dodging behind rocks, falling headlong and scrambling up again.Credit: Library of Congress.		The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--L'Auto Bolide thrilling dip of death--M'lle Mauricia de Tiers, the fearless, young and fascinating Parisian, in a dreadful, headlong leap, loop and topsy turvy plunging somersault with an automobile [...].Credit: Library of Congress.
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	Fast; quick; ASAP; abrupt; accelerated; active; agile; alert; animated; breakneck; brief; brisk; cursory; curt; double time; energetic; expeditious; expeditive; express; fleet; flying; get going; harefooted; hasty; headlong; hurried; immediate; impatient.
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Title	Author	Quote
Through the Looking-Glass	Carroll, Lewis	He raised his hands in some excitement as he said this, and instantly rolled out of the saddle, and fell headlong into a deep ditch.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	But in moments like that the things which we see, waver and rush headlong, and we stop for nothing.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A person dreaming about a ball game, for example, may run headlong into furniture or blindly strike someone sleeping nearby while trying to catch a ball in the dream. (references)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	If we take the right steps in time we can certainly avoid the disastrous excesses of runaway booms and headlong depressions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Headlong" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 52.63% of the time. "Headlong" is used about 190 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
Adverb (general)	52.63%	100	32,668
Adjective (general or positive)	47.37%	90	34,744
Total	100.00%	190	N/A

Expressions using "headlong": headlong flight ♦ make a headlong dive ♦ plunge headlong. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "headlong"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nxitimthi (hastily, hurriedly, pell mell, slapdash), me vrull (busily, rashly, thriftily, vehemently, zestfully), me turr (head over heels, headforemost), me kokë (head on, headed, headforemost), kokëngulthi, i pamenduar (ill-considered, ill-judged, injudicious, rash, thoughtless, undigested, unreasoned, unthinking). (various references)

Arabic		‏مقدمة (advance guard, fore, foreword, introduction, preamble, preface, prelude, premise, proem, vanguard), ‏متهور (audacious, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, brash, careless, daredevil, daredevilry, desperate, devil may care, excessive, extravagant, foolhardy, harum scarum, hasty, heady, heedless, hot-headed, immaterial, impetuous, impish, imprudent, impulsive, inconsiderate, light-headed, madcap, precipitate, precipitous, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, too hasty, unrestrained, unwary), ‏متسرع (hasty, overhasty, precipitate, quick, rash), ‏بغير تردد, ‏بتهور (at full tilt, blindly, impulsively, pell mell, rashly). (various references)

Bulgarian		стремително (at full speed, at top speed, intently, sweepingly), стремителен (brash, heady, impetuous, puffy, slashing, soaring, tearaway, torrential, vehement), с главата напред (head on, headfirst, headforemost), необмислено (unadvisedly), прибързан (brash, hasty, ill-advised, impetuous, light hearted, overbold, precipitate, precipitatious, premature, previous, rash, slapdash, sudden, unthinking, untimely, unwary). (various references)

Chinese		� �向前 . (various references)

Czech		horempádem (helter-skelter), zbrkle (head-long), srázný (precipitous, steep), po hlavì, překotnì. (various references)

Farsi		معلق (Handstand, Pendant, Somersault, Suspender, Suspense, Turntable), تند (Caustic, Discourteous, Fast, Glassy, Harsh, Hasty, Heady, Hot, Inflammable, Intensive, Keen, Paregoric, Peppery, Presto, Pungent, Quick, Racy, Rapid, Rash, Slush, Sour, Spicy, Tart, Transient, Violent, Virulent, Wrench, Yare), سراسیمه (Headfirst, Pellmell, Unaware, Unawares), سربجلو (Ahead, Headfirst), عجول (Hasty, Madbrained, Rash), شیرجه رونده , بی پروا (Adventurer, Audacious, Confident, Daredevil, Dashing, Harebrained, Heady, Heedless, Impetuous, Inconsiderate, Rash, Reckless, Slapdash, Unadvised, Unscrupulous), باکله (Headfirst), بادست پاچگی . (various references)

Finnish		suinpäin (head over heels), päistikkaa (head first), päissään (head first), päätäpahkaa (head over heels, precipitately), nurin niskoin (head over heels, topsy-turvy). (various references)

French		sans réfléchir, sans hésitation (without hesitation), précipité, la tête la première, indifférent. (various references)

German		kopfüber (head first, headfirst). (various references)

Greek		με την κεφαλή εμπρόσ (head on, headforemost), απροσεκτώσ (headforemost). (various references)

Hebrew		פזיז (careless, fickle, harebrained, hasty, impetuous, impulsive, nimble, precipitous, rash, slapdash, slaphappy), ראשון ק�"ימ�". (various references)

Hungarian		hanyatt-homlok (head over heels). (various references)

Italian		precipitoso (beforehand, hasty, hurried, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rash), precipitosamente, impetuoso (boisterous, dashing, forceful, heady, hot, hot-headed, impetuous, impulsive, rapid, slapdash, slaphappy, sweeping, vehement, violent), a capofitto (headfirst). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		真逆様に (head over heels), 真っ逆様 (head over heels), 猪突猛進 (foolhardy, reckless), 直に (directly, immediately, in person, readily). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まさかさまに (head over heels), まっさかさま (head over heels), じかに (directly, in person), ちょとつもうし�" (foolhardy, reckless). (various references)

Manx		kiontoyrtagh (precipitant, precipitate, precipitous), kione my laaee (descending, drooping end, slanting), gyn thort (headstrong, impulsive, inconsiderate, inconsideration, maladroit, snap, unconsidered), gour y ghib (mouthways), gour y ching. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadlonghay

Portuguese		precipitado (brash, cursory, deposit, desperate, hasty, heady, heehaw, hot-brained, hurriedly, hurry, impolitic, impudence, precipitate, precipitation, previous life, rash, unadvised, unthinking, unwary, unwise), precipitadamente (hastily, hurriedly, hurry, in a hurry, unadvisedly), manchete, imprudente (audacious, brash, foolhardy, hasty, heedless, hurry, ill-considered, imponderable, imprudent, inconsistency, injudicious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unadvised, undiplomatic, unthinking, unwary, unwise), impetuoso (dashing, fiery, forcible, furl, heady, hot, hot tempered, hot-brained, hot-headed, impetuous, lawless, licentious, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, riotous, slapdash, tearing, tempestuous, vehement, violent, volcanic), impetuosamente (hot), escarpado (abrupt, acclivitous, bluff, craggy, declivitous, go ahead, precis, rugged, steep), de cabeça para baixo (topsy turvy, upside down), íngreme (abrupt, acclivitous, bold, craggy, precipitous, steep). (various references)

Romanian		pornit (hell-bent, hot), orb (blind, crazy, dim, reckless, sightless, unenlightened, unseeing), impetuos (dashing, fiercely, heady, high-spirited, hothead, hot-headed, impetuous, impetuously, raging, rash, robustious, stormy, tumultuous, tumultuously), cu capul înainte (endways). (various references)

Russian		стремглав, головой вперед (headfirst, head-first, headforemost), опрометью (at top speed, full tear), опрометчивый (harebrained, heady, hot-headed, ill-advised, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, overbold, precipitate, rash, reckless, unwary), наутек (in full flight), безудержный (rampant). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		strmoglavo, strmoglavce, strmoglav (precipitatious), paničan (panic, panicky), glavačke (headforemost). (various references)

Spanish		precipitado (abrupt, breakneck, cursory, deposit, deposit obtained after centrifuging, hasty, pellet obtained after centrifuging, precipitant, precipitate, precipitation, precipitous, rash, sludge, trub), precipitadamente (hastily, hurriedly, in a hurry), general (blanket, broad, catch-all, extensive, general, omnibus, sweeping, usual), encabezado (caption, fortification, head, heading, leaded, overhead), de cabeza (chief, headfirst, headmost, high-end, on end), de bruces (face downward), apresuradamente (hotfoot, hurriedly). (various references)

Swedish		vild (coltish, delirious, ding-dong, ferae naturae, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, frenetic, haggard, madcap, phrenetic, rampant, riotous, savage, truculant, truculent, untamed, wild, wildcat), huvudstupa (head over heels, pell mell), handlöst. (various references)

Thai		โ�"ยเอาหัวมาก่อน, อย่างผลีผลาม (headfirst). (various references)

Turkish		patavatsız (blunt, gauche, harum scarum, headfirst, headforemost, indiscreet, out of turn, plainspoken, plump, politically incorrect, tactless, thoughtless, unadvised, without tact), paldır küldür (hurriedly, pell mell, pellmell, rashly, with a rush), düşüncesizce (blindfold, carelessly, headfirst, headforemost, ill-considered, impulsively, offhand, rashly, tactlessly, thoughtlessly), düşüncesiz (blind, blindfold, brusque, careless, flighty, freewheeling, gauche, half-baked, headfirst, headforemost, heady, ill-advised, ill-judged, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, mindless, out of turn, rash, reckless, slapdash, tactless, thoughtless, unadvised, unmindful, unreflecting, unthinking, wanton, without tact, witless), burnunun dikine (headfirst, headforemost), başı önde olarak (headfirst, headforemost), başı önde (headfirst, headforemost), apar topar (helter-skelter, hurriedly, pell mell, pellmell, posthaste), aceleci (brash, hasty, headfirst, headforemost, hustler, impatient, impetuous, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rash, slippy), acele ile (headfirst, hotfoot, hurriedly, hustily, posthaste, rashly, with a rush). (various references)

Ukranian		стрімголов (at full pelt, hotfoot, pell mell, pellmell), шалено (amok, amuck, deliriously, madly, outrageously, toughly), головою вперед, необачно (negligently, slap bang), необачний (harebrained, hasteful, hasty, hot-brained, ill-advised, imprudent, overbold, over-hasty, precipitant, slap bang, slapdash), бурхливий (blusterous, gusty, raging, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, volcanic, wanton, wild, windy), безрозсудний (madcap). (various references)

Welsh		pendramwnwgl (topsy-turvy), llwr ei ben. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	conciti, concito, praeceps, praecipitarum, praecipiti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 1, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	OutoV men oun ekthsato cwrion ek tou misqou thV adikiaV kai prhnhV genomenoV elakhsen mesoV kai execuqh panta ta splagcna autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et hic quidem possedit agrum de mercede iniquitatis et suspensus crepuit medius et diffusa sunt omnia viscera eius
Old English	990	West Saxon	La, þes mann eode mid earnunge for his yfelnesse and buhte him æcer. Þær feol he to grunde and his lichama tobærst and þær gespillode eall his ropas.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And this Judas hadde a feeld of the hire of wickidnesse, and he was hangid, and `to-brast the myddil, and alle hise entrailes weren sched abrood.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And the same hath now possessed a plot of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite and when he was hanged brast a sondre in ye myddes and all his bowels gusshed oute.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
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Language	Acts Chapter 1, Verse 18
Albanian	Ai, pra, fitoi një arë, me shpërblimin e paudhësisë, dhe duke rënë kokëposhtë, plasi në mes dhe të gjitha të brendshmet e tij iu derdhën.
Bulgarian	И това стана известно на всичките Ерусалимски жители, така щото тая нива се наименува по езика им Акелдама, сиреч, кръвната нива.
Cebuano	(Ug kini siya nakapanag-iyag usa ka luna nga yuta gumikan sa gisuhol kaniya sa iyang pagkadili matarung; ug sa pagkahulog niya nga nag-una ang ulo, mibuto ang iyang tiyan ug nahurot pagkayagyag ang iyang tinai.
Chinese	這人 �"� 他作惡的工價、買了一塊 �"� 、以後身子仆 �' 、肚腹崩裂、腸子都流出來。
Croatian	On, eto, steèe predio cijenom nepravednosti pa se stropošta, raspuèe po sredini i razli mu se sva utroba.
Danish	Han erhvervede sig nu en Ager for sin Uretfærdigheds Løn, og han styrtede ned og brast itu, og alle hans Indvolde væltede ud,
Dutch	Deze dan heeft verworven een akker, door het loon der ongerechtigheid, en voorwaarts overgevallen zijnde, is midden opgeborsten, en al zijn ingewanden zijn uitgestort.
Finnish	Hän hankki itsellensä pellon väärintekonsa palkalla, ja hän suistui alas ja pakahtui keskeltä, niin että kaikki hänen sisälmyksensä valuivat ulos.
French	Cet homme, ayant acquis un champ avec le salaire du crime, est tombé, s`est rompu par le milieu du corps, et toutes ses entrailles se sont répandues.
German	Dieser hat erworben den Acker um den ungerechten Lohn und ist abgestürzt und mitten entzweigeborsten, und all sein Eingeweide ausgeschüttet.
Haitian Creole	(Avèk lajan yon te ba l' pou krim lan, Jida te achte yon moso tè. Se la li tonbe sou tèt, vant li pete, tout zantray li gaye sot deyò.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	(Yudas ini sudah mendapat tanah kuburannya dari upah pengkhianatannya yang jahat. Ia jatuh dan mati dengan perutnya terbelah sampai isi perutnya keluar semuanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Adapun orang ini memperoleh sebidang tanah dengan upah kejahatannya, lalu jatuh terjerumus, serta terbelah dua, sehingga terburai isi perutnya.
Italian	Giuda comprò un pezzo di terra con i proventi del suo delitto e poi precipitando in avanti si squarciò in mezzo e si sparsero fuori tutte le sue viscere.
Korean	( 이 사 람 이 불 의 의 삯 으 로 밭 을 사 � 후 에 몸 이 곤 두 박 질 하 여 배 가 터 � � 창 자 가 다 흘 러 나 온 지 라
Latvian	Tas ieguva tîrumu par netaisnîbas algu un, pakâries, vidû pârsprâga, un visas viòa iekðas izgâzâs.
Maori	Na hokona ana e taua tangata tetahi mara ki te utu o tona hara; a taka tupou iho, koara pu i waenganui, pakaru katoa ki waho ona whekau.
Modern Greek	Ουτος λοιπον απεκτησεν αγρον εκ του μισθου της αδικιας, και πεσων προμυττα εσχισθη εις το μεσον, και εξεχυθησαν ολα τα εντοσθια αυτου·
Norwegian	Han kjøpte sig nu en aker for lønnen for sin ugjerning, og han styrtet ned og brast itu, og alle hans innvoller veltet ut,
Portuguese	(Ora, ele adquiriu um campo com o salário da sua iniquidade; e precipitando-se, caiu prostrado e arrebentou pelo meio, e todas as suas entranhas se derramaram.
Rumanian	Omul acesta a dobkndit un ogor cu plata nelegiuirii lui, a cqzut cu capul kn jos, a plesnit kn douq prin mijloc, wi i s`au vqrsat toate mqruntaiele.
Russian	ОП � ТЙП�'ТЕМ ЪЕНМА ОЕ� ТБЧЕ�"ОПА НЪ�"ПА, Й ЛПЗ�"Б ОЙЪТЙОХМУС, ТБУУЕМПУШ ЮТЕЧП ЕЗП, Й ЧЩ� БМЙ ЧУЕ ЧОХФТЕООПУФЙ ЕЗП;
Shuar	Tunáa tura nujai Kuítian achik nunkan sumakmiayi. Tura piniakum iniaan tantane Páttimiayi.
Spanish	(Éste, pues, adquirió un campo con el pago de su iniquidad, y cayendo de cabeza, se reventó por en medio, y todas sus entrañas se derramaron.
Swahili	"Mnajua kwamba yeye alinunua shamba kwa zile fedha alizopata kutokana na kitendo chake kiovu. Akaanguka chini, akapasuka na matumbo yake yakamwagika nje.
Swedish	Och med de penningar han hade fått såsom lön för sin ogärning förvärvade han sig en åker. Men han störtade framstupa ned, och hans kropp brast mitt itu, så att alla hans inälvor gåvo sig ut.
Thai	ฝ่ายผู้นี้ไ�"้เอาบำเหน็จแห่งการชั่วช้าของตนไปซื้อที่�"ิน แล้วก็ล้มคะมำลงแตกกลางตัวไส้พุงทะลักออกมาหม�"
Ukrainian	І він поле набув за заплату злочинства, а впавши сторчма, він тріснув надво�", і все нутро його вилилось...
Uma	(Yudas toei mpo'oli tana' hante doi to narata ngkai gau' -na to dada'a. Hi tana' to na'oli tohe'e, mate monawu' -i, mobenta ta'i tina-na, alaa-na ihi' rala-na malali omea.
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# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "headlong" (pronounced he"dlô'ng)
3	-l ô' ng	daylong, furlong, monthlong, weeklong.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: longhead.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-h-l-n-o"
	-1 letter: halogen.
	-2 letters: angled, dangle, dongle, enhalo, gaoled, goaled, golden, hagdon, haloed, handle, hanged, holden, hondle, lagend, loaned, longed.
	-3 letters: agone, ahold, alone, along, angel, angle, anode, anole, dhole, donga, eland, genoa, glade, gland, glean, gonad, haled, haole, hogan, holed, honda, honed, laden, loden, lodge, logan, longe, naled, nodal, ogled, olden.
	-4 letters: aeon, aged, agon, aloe, dago, dahl, dale, dang, deal, dean, dhal, doge, dole, dona, done, dong, egad, egal, elan, enol, gaed, gaen, gale, gane, gaol, geld, glad, gled, glen, goad, goal, gold, gone, hade, haed, haen, hale, halo, hand, hang, head, heal, held, helo, hoed, hold, hole, hone, hong, lade, land, lane, lang, lead, lean, lend, leno, load, loan, lode, loge, lone, long, node, noel, odea, ogle, ohed, olea.
	-5 letters: ado, age, ago, ale, and, ane, dag, dah, dal, del, den, doe, dog, dol, don, edh, ego, eld, end, eng, eon, gad, gae, gal, gan, ged, gel, gen, goa, god, had, hae, hag, hao, hen, hod, hoe, hog, hon, lad, lag, lea, led, leg, log, nae, nag, nah, nod, nog, noh, ode, old, ole, one.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-h-l-n-o"
	+1 letter: longheads.
	+2 letters: longhaired, longheaded.
	+3 letters: halogenated.
	+4 letters: anthologized, chalcogenide, overhandling, slaveholding, stranglehold.
	+5 letters: chalcogenides, grandmotherly, slaveholdings, strangleholds, wrongheadedly.
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