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Definition: Twin |
TwinAdjective1. Being two identical. 2. Very similar. Noun1. Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy. 2. A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho. 3. A duplicate copy. Verb1. Duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse". 2. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project". 3. Grow as twins, of crystals. 4. Give birth to twins. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "twin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Chemistry | A double crystal in which one part has a structure that is the mirror image of that in another, about a twin-plane boundary. Source: European Union. (references) |
General | Room containing two single beds. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term twin refers to two individuals or one of two individuals who have shared the same uterus (womb), usually born on the same day but not necessarily. There are two different kinds of twins: identical and fraternal.Identical twins occur when a single egg is fertilized and then divides into two separate embryos. The two embryos develop into fetuses sharing the same womb, and generally the same amnion. These monozygotic twins are identical genetically unless there has been a mutation in development, and are necessarily the same gender.
Fraternal twins occur when two fertilized eggs are implanted in the uterine wall at about the same time, within the same menstrual cycle, or in rare cases within one menstrual cycle of each other. These dizygotic twins are no more similar genetically than any siblings and develop in separate amnions, with separate placentae. They may be of mixed gender or the same gender.
Conjoined twins are twins whose bodies are joined together at birth. This occurs where the zygote of identical twins fails to completely separate. This condition occurs in about 1 in 100,000 pregnancies.
Researchers suspect that more pregnancies start out as multiples than come to term that way. Early obstetric ultrasound exams sometimes reveal an "extra" fetus, which fails to develop and instead disintegrates and vanishes.
A fetus alone in the womb is caleld a singleton.
Human twins
Historically, about 1 in 80 human births (1.2%) has been the result of a twin pregnancy. The rate of twinning varies greatly among ethnic groups, ranging as high as about 6% for the Yoruba or 10% for a tiny Brazilian village (see Twinning rate at a small village in south Brazil). The widespread use of fertility drugs causing hyperovulation (stimulated release of multiple eggs by the mother) has caused what some call an "epidemic of multiple births". In 2001, for the first time ever in the US, the twinning rate exceeded 3 percent of all births. Thus, over 6% of children born in the US in 2001 were twins.Twin studies refers to the practice of assessing identical twins for medical, genetic, or psychological studies to try to find innate similarities and differences. Twins that have been separated early in life and raised in separate households are the most sought-after for these studies.
Sometimes multiple births may involve more than two fetuses. If there are three, they are called triplets; four, quadruplets; five, quintuplets; six, sextuplets, seven, septuplets, and so on. Before the advent of ovulation-stimulating drugs, triplets were quite rare (1 in 8000 births) and higher order births so rare as to be almost unheard of. Multiple pregnancies are usually delivered before the full term of 40 weeks gestation: the average length of pregnancy is around 37 weeks for twins, 34 weeks for triplets and 32 weeks for quadruplets.
The cause of monozygotic twinning is unknown. Fewer than 20 families have been described with an inherited tendency towards monozygotic twinning. (People in these families have nearly a 50 percent chance of delivering monozygotic twins!) Some evidence suggests that the environment of the womb causes the zygote to split in most cases.
Dizygotic pregancies are slightly more likely in women of African descent, in women between 30 and 40 years old, in tall and heavy women, in women who conceive soon after stopping birth control pills, and in women who have had several previous pregnancies. Women who have been taking fertility drugs have the greatest chance of multiple births, 10-20%.
Twinning in animals
Multiple births are common in many animal species, such as cat, sheep, and ferret. The incidence of twinning among cattle is about 1-4%, and research is underway to improve the odds of twinning, which can be more profitable for the breeder if complications can be sidestepped or managed.
List of twins
Topics related to twin pregnancy
- Pre-term labor
- Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Disappearing twins
Twin could also refer to a doppelganger or clone
Twin is a link between two towns, cities, etc. where the councils of each place interact. Usually the twins are in different countries.
Twin can refer to anything in a pair, whether a shoe, or a scientific study, except when the objects have specific differences-such as a cup and a saucer.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Twin."
Synonyms: TwinSynonyms: matching (adj), siamese (adj), twin(a) (adj), twinned (adj), counterpart (n), similitude (n), couple (v), duplicate (v), match (v), mate (v), pair (v), parallel (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: twin-bedded (general). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Adjective: two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin, biparous; dyadic; conduplicate; duplex; biduous, binate, diphyletic, dispermic, unijugate; tete-a-tete. |
Adjective: accompanying; Verb: concomitant, fellow, twin, joint; associated with, coupled with; accessory, attendant, obbligato. | |
Duplication | Adjective: double; doubled; Verb: bicipital, bicephalous, bidental, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular, bifold, biform, bilateral; bifarious, bifacial; twofold, two-sided; disomatous; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate; second. |
Regression | Propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine. |
Similarity | Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille. |
Adjective: similar; resembling; Verb: like, alike; twin. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | The lumpit was my twin. (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; writing credit: Nia Vardalos) I knew that everybody must have an evil twin! (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) We've lain a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight; all of Twin Peaks' best and brightest (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones) So. You have a twin sister (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) You're becoming Ralph Kramden's evil twin! (Quick Change; writing credit: Howard Franklin) | |
Lyrics | Slim shady hotter then a set of twin babies (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre) Twin Benz's, you ride hard, I ride drop (Down Ass Bitch; performing artist: Ja Rule) Can't stand Twin Peaks (I Can't Watch This; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Tongue Twisters | Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers. (references; author: unknown) Tina loved Tim, the thin, twin tinsmith. (references; author: unknown) Twelve standard stainless steel twin screw cruisers. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | New York - Twin Parks Project - TV Channel 13 (1974) Twin Brothers (1974) Toni Twin Time (1950) Twin Heads Selling Martial Arts (1948) Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Twin burns on ground from lightning strike, Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: CDC. |  | The Twin Jet Nebula. Credit: NASA. |
 | William M. Scaife Ready to cross Twin Glacier Bill Scaife with rope. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Ready to rope up prior to crossing Twin Glacier William Scaife with rope Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Looking over tail rotor of Bell 212 helicopter to Dehavilland Twin Otter fixed- wing aircraft. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Kevin Rotteveel performing maintenance on Twin Otter. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | The Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, is easy to identify from its false "eyes"-- twin white football-shaped markings behind the head. In color, the insects range from black to mustard, with zero to many spots. A common U.S. form is mustard to red and has 16 or more black spots. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Twin Lakes. Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | Broad view of Twin Lakes and valley. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | Twin Lakes, Kenai National Moose Range. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
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| "Petronas Twin Towers at Night" by Kasmadi Muhammad Commentary: "Petronas Twin Towers at night." | "Twin tower view" by Judy Lin Commentary: "A view from twin tower in a foggy day." |
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C. Simmons | Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. |
Lord Byron | To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin. |
| All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. | |
Marilyn Von Savant | Skill is successfully walking a tight rope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Intelligence is not trying. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His two twin plots, one with the nuns, the other with M. Madeleine, one for the convent, the other against it, had succeeded equally well |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Off horse is eight, near is ten, but might of been twin colts the way they work together |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In these as in other respects, however, it is a lesser twin of Walden |
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Health | The acephalic fetus is a parasitic twin attached to an otherwise intact fetus. (references) | |
The TUNA System delivers low-level radiofrequency energy through twin needles to burn away a well-defined region of the enlarged prostate. (references) | ||
Malleable implants usually consist of paired rods, which are inserted surgically into the corpora cavernosa, the twin chambers running the length of the penis. (references) | ||
Business | The leading business magazines are "The Twin Plant Magazine" and "Ciclos". (references) | |
Economic History | Senegal | Air Senegal International currently has a fleet of two airplanes, a Dash-8 and a 20-seat twin engine. (references) |
Romania | The campaign of the opposition hammered away on the twin themes of the need to squelch corruption and to launch economic reform. (references) | |
Nepal | Domestic Nepalese private airlines prefer twin-engine aircraft such as the Beechcraft 1900D, Canadian Twin Otter, British Avro and German Dornier. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | In a separate case, the SGT reviewed complaints against Judge Marco Antonio Posadas in conjunction with his investigation of the bank fraud that bankrupted the twin Metropolitan and Promoter Banks belonging to the President's campaign financier, Francisco Alvarado MacDonald. (references) |
Colombia | The authorities charged in absentia FARC 34th front member Fernando Zapata Hinestroza for the killing of 21 police officers and 8 civilians, including 2 children, during the March 2000 attack on the twin towns of Vigia del Fuerte, Antioquia department, and Bellavista, Choco department. (references) | |
Political Rights | Chad | Using its parliamentary majority, the Government passed twin legislative bills in 1999 outlining the country's proposed decentralization structure for local government elections as required by the Constitution. (references) |
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| "Twin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.66% of the time. "Twin" is used about 711 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) | 94.66% | 673 | 9,797 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.78% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.56% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 711 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "twin". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Didymus | N/A | Biblical | A twin |
| Thomas | N/A | Biblical | A twin |
| Tomás | N/A | Czech | A twin |
| Maas | N/A | Dutch | A twin |
| Macy | N/A | English | A twin |
| Thom | N/A | English | A twin |
| Thomasina | N/A | English | A twin |
| Tom | N/A | English | A twin |
| Tommie | N/A | English | A twin |
| Tommy | N/A | English | A twin |
| Tomi | N/A | Finnish | A twin |
| Tommi | N/A | Finnish | A twin |
| Tuomas | N/A | Finnish | A twin |
| Tuomo | N/A | Finnish | A twin |
| Tamás | N/A | Hungarian | A twin |
| Tomi | N/A | Hungarian | A twin |
| Tomás | N/A | Irish | A twin |
| Tommaso | N/A | Italian | A twin |
| Tamati | N/A | Maori | A twin |
| Tomas | N/A | Norwegian | A twin |
| Tomasz | N/A | Polish | A twin |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Twin City Bancorp, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "twin": conjoined twin ♦ dizygotic twin ♦ fraternal twin ♦ identical twin ♦ monozygotic twin ♦ monozygous twin ♦ siamese twin ♦ twin bed ♦ twin beds ♦ twin bill ♦ twin birth ♦ twin boat ♦ twin boys ♦ Twin Bridges ♦ Twin Brooks ♦ twin brother ♦ twin brothers ♦ twin Cities ♦ Twin City ♦ twin contact elements ♦ twin contacts ♦ twin crystal ♦ twin cylinder ♦ twin engine ♦ twin engine jet aircraft ♦ twin engine plane ♦ twin Falls ♦ Twin Falls County ♦ twin flower ♦ twin gear ♦ twin generators ♦ twin girls ♦ Twin Groves ♦ Twin Hills ♦ Twin Lake ♦ Twin Lakes ♦ Twin Oaks ♦ twin paradox ♦ Twin Rivers ♦ Twin Rocks ♦ twin room ♦ twin scissors ♦ twin screw ♦ twin screws ♦ twin ship ♦ twin sister ♦ twin soul ♦ Twin Studies ♦ Twin Study [Publication Type] ♦ twin town ♦ twin track ♦ Twin Valley ♦ twin Vector Quantization ♦ twin wheels ♦ twin wills. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "twin": twin-aisle airplane, twin-and-earth, twin-balanced, twin-ballgown, twin-bedded, twin-bedded room, twin-bin, twin-blade, twin-bladed, twin-boom, twin-born, twin-cam, twin-camshaft, twin-car, twin-carb, twin-carburettor, twin-cars, twin-castled, twin-catalyst, twin-centre, twin-century, twin-chassis, twin-choke, twin-colour, twin-cored, twin-crew, twin-cylinder, twin-elliptic, twin-engine, twin-engined, twin-engined plane, twin-faced, twin-featured, twin-floats, twin-gabled, twin-headed, twin-helical, twin-hulled, twin-humbucker-equipped, twin-jet, twin-lamp, twin-laned, twin-leaved, twin-lens, twin-level, Twin-lewis, twin-line, twin-litre, twin-masted, twin-messiah, twin-nozzle, twin-pack, twin-pillar, twin-pipe, twin-plate, twin-pointed, twin-pointer, twin-power, twin-processor, twin-prop, twin-propeller-plane, twin-radial-engined, twin-rail, twin-rear, twin-reflex, twin-room, twin-rotor, twin-sailed, twin-screw, Twin-screw steamer, twin-set, twin-sets, twin-sided, twin-sisters, twin-site, twin-sled, twin-sleigh, twin-soft, twin-speaker, twin-spearhead, twin-speed, twin-spired, twin-spotted, Twin-stinson, twin-stitched, twin-studies, twin-supercharged, Twin-t, twin-tailed, twin-tier, twin-tongue, twin-towered, twin-town, twin-track, twin-tracking, twin-tracking', twin-tracking-that, twin-transport, twin-tub, twin-tube, twin-turbine, twin-turbo, twin-wall. | |
Ending with "twin": pseudo-twin, selected-twin, siamese-twin. | |
| 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 |
olsen twin | 5,539 | nude twin | 408 |
twin | 5,049 | siamese twin | 403 |
twin tower | 4,980 | brewer twin | 347 |
minnesota twin | 2,812 | baby twin | 333 |
olsen twin nude | 1,834 | twin lab | 319 |
ying yang twin | 1,716 | mario twin | 312 |
conjoined twin | 937 | identical twin | 308 |
olson twin | 887 | barbi twin | 305 |
pregnancy twin | 704 | university of minnesota twin city | 303 |
twin peak | 681 | gear metal snake solid twin | 299 |
naked olsen twin | 654 | hilton twin | 295 |
twin city | 615 | twin mattress | 283 |
aphex twin | 589 | twin birth | 263 |
twin bed | 551 | lyrics twin yang ying | 259 |
barbie twin | 550 | cocteau twin | 253 |
lesbian twin | 506 | twin stroller | 249 |
twin falls id | 479 | twin sex | 240 |
carlson twin | 458 | twin extra long sheet | 231 |
olsen pic twin | 441 | mn twin | 230 |
olsen picture twin | 412 | nude olsen pic twin | 223 |
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| Language | Translations for "twin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | tweeling (twins). (various references) | |
Albanian | që përbëhet nga dy pjesa (two-part), dyfishtë, binjak, çift (conjugate, couple, couplet, double, doublet, duet, match, pair, span, two, twosome). (various references) | |
Arabic | مزدوج (binary, double, dual, geminate, paired), توأمى, تضع تؤامين, زاوج (link, mate, orchestrate), صنو (duplicate, match), التوأم, الصنو (brother, peer). (various references) | |
Basque | biritxi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | раждам близнаци, чифтосвам (couple, mate, pair), образувам двойни кристали, еш (companion, fellow, mate, pair, pendant, tally), еднакъв (alike, coequal, equable, equal, even, identic, identical, invariable, level, like, one, same, self, unaffected, uniform), близнашки (twin-born), близнак (twin brother), пълно подобие, двойник (counterpart, double, fetch, ringer, wraith), двоен (binary, double, dual, duplex, duplicate, geminate, two ply, twofold). (various references) | |
Chinese | 雙胞胎 , 孪生 (twinned, twinning). (various references) | |
Czech | obdoba (analogy), dvojče, dvojèe. (various references) | |
Danish | tvilling (twins). (various references) | |
Dutch | tweeling-. (various references) | |
Esperanto | dunaskito, ĝemelo, ĝemela. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tvíburi. (various references) | |
Farsi | هم شکمان , توام کردن (Accompany, Geminate), زوج (Couple, Even, Pair, Spouse), جفت کردن (Accompany, Assemble, Geminate, Graft, Husband, Link, Truss, Yoke), جفت (Couple, Double, Geminate, Jugate, Match, Mate, Pair, Peer, Tandem, Team), دوقلو (Geminate), دوتا (Couple, Double, Geminate, Tow). (various references) | |
Finnish | kaksonen (the initial martensitic plates are nucleated in pairs extended more or less symmetrically into both the twin and the mother crystal), kaksoiskide (twin crystal, twinned crystal). (various references) | |
French | jumeau (twins). (various references) | |
German | Zwilling (double-barreled gun, twins), doppelt (double, doubly, dual, duplex, duplicative, redoubled, twice, twofold). (various references) | |
Greek | κρύσταλλος με διδυμία (twin crystal, twinned crystal), ισοπεδωτική και λειαντική μηχανή (polishing and grinding machine), δκδυμο κρΈσταλλο (twin crystal, twinned crystal), δικινητήριο αεριωθούμενο (twin jet), διδυμος, δωμάτιο με δύο μονά κρεβάτια (twin room, twin-bedded room), δίδυμοσ (geminate, twinned), δίδυμος κρύσταλλος (twin crystal, twinned crystal), δίδυμο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לצמד (conjugate, couple, fasten, link, pair off). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ikergyermek, iker-. (various references) | |
Indonesian | sebandung, kembar (binary, double). (various references) | |
Italian | gemelli (Gemini, twins). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ツーバイフォー工法 (double, tool, tooling, tour, touring, tourist, tweed, two piece suit, wood frame construction). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ツイン . (various references) | |
Korean | 한쌍으로 하십시요. (various references) | |
Manx | lannoon (man and wife). (various references) | |
Occitan | besson. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | intway.(various references) | |
Polish | bliźniak. (various references) | |
Portuguese | gêmeo. (various references) | |
Romanian | strâns legat de un lucru, pereche a unui lucru (pendant), geamãn, frate geamãn, cuplat, îngemãnat (geminate), îngemãna (combine), împerecheat (conjugate, geminate). (various references) | |
Russian | двойной (binary, double, double-bedded, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, two ply, twofold, two-ply). (various references) | |
Scottish | leth-aon. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sparen (coupled, paired), dvostruk (double, dual, duplex, duplicate, twofold), blizanci (twins), blizanac (gemini). (various references) | |
Spanish | gemelo (cufflink), gemelos (binoculars, cufflinks, fieldglasses, Gemini, glasses, twins). (various references) | |
Swedish | tvilling (twins). (various references) | |
Turkish | ikizlerden biri, ikiz, çift (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, binary, brace, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, double, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, dyad, even, geminate, pair, yoke). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ekiz. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | який є близнюком, однотипний, народити двійнят, з'єднувати (adjoin, agglutinate, aggregate, amalgamate, articulate, associate, cement, commingle, compact, compound, concatenate, conflate, conjoin, connect, couple, cumulate, glue, inosculate, interlock, joint, knit, leash, link, merge, piece together, tag, thwack, tie in, unite), близнюк, близнята (twain), подвійний (bifold, bigeminal, binary, double, dual, duplex, duplicate, twain, two ply, twofold), двійник (counterpart, double). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trẻ sinh đôi, sinh đôi cặp đôi, ghép đôi. (various references) | |
Welsh | gefell. (various references) | |
Yucatec | k'uho'ob. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gemelli, gemellis, gemini, geminus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | getwinn. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "twin": twinberries, twinberry, twinborn, twine, twined, twiner, twiners, twines, twinflower, twinflowers, twinge, twinged, twingeing, twinges, twinging, twinier, twiniest, twinight, twining, twinjet, twinjets, twinkle, twinkled, twinkler, twinklers, twinkles, twinkling, twinklings, twinkly, twinned, twinning, twinnings, twins, twinset, twinsets, twinship, twinships, twiny. (additional references) | |
Words containing "twin": batwing, entwine, entwined, entwines, entwining, intertwine, intertwined, intertwinement, intertwinements, intertwines, intertwining, intwine, intwined, intwines, intwining, leftwing, outwind, outwinded, outwinding, outwinds, untwine, untwined, untwines, untwining. (additional references) | |
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"Twin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atween, dwin, Ewin, lwyn, rwin, tein, Tewfik, tiw, toin, towin, tpin, trin, Tuin, Tvind, twan, twant, twean, twein, twen, twern, twhin, twi, twid, twie, twif, twim, twind, twing, Twinix, twinn, twinq, twiny, twio, twix, twizn, twoi, twon, twun, Twyi, Tywi, tzin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "twin" (pronounced twi"n) |
| 3 | -w i" n | Quin, win, Wynn. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-t-w" | |
-1 letter: nit, tin, win, wit. | |
-2 letters: in, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-t-w" | |
+1 letter: twain, twine, twins, twiny, unwit, witan. | |
+2 letters: atwain, intown, nitwit, tawing, tewing, towing, townie, twains, twined, twiner, twines, twinge, unwits, whiten, winter, wintle, wintry, wisent, within, witing, witney, wyting. | |
+3 letters: antiwar, batwing, dawting, entwine, entwist, indwelt, inswept, intwine, intwist, midtown, nitwits, outwind, ringtaw, stewing, stowing, tawnier, tawnies, tawnily, tawsing, thawing, tinware, tinwork, towline, townies, townish, trowing, twiggen, twiners, twinged, twinges, twinier, twining, twinjet, twinkle, twinkly, twinned, twinset, untwine, untwist, unwhite, vawntie, wafting, waiting, waniest, wanting, wasting, weeting, welting, westing, wetting, whitens, whiting, wilting, winglet, wingtip, winiest, winters, wintery, wintled, wintles, wisents, wisting, withing, withins, witling, witness, witneys, witting, wonting, wotting, writhen, writing, written. | |
| 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: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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