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deathwatch

noun

Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

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Word length
10
Starts with
D
Ends with
H
Contains
EA
Scrabble score
22

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Pronunciation

ˈdɛθwɒtʃ

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noun

  1. Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

noun

  1. Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

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