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nostrum

Posted on June 3, 2013April 8, 2020 by Wordsmyth

nostrum na strəm noun 1. a medicine with undisclosed ingredients, advertised without proof as an effective cure; quack remedy. example: William Radam’s “Microbe Killer,” a nostrum sold in the 1890s, made the…

How to s*rch the diction?ry using wild card symbols

Posted on April 5, 2013June 12, 2023 by Wordsmyth

Understanding how to use wild card symbols will increase your ability to find words you can’t spell or don’t fully recall. Wild card symbols also allow you to find groups of words that contain a particular letter pattern.

Look-up History

Posted on April 2, 2013April 8, 2020 by Wordsmyth

Nothing brings home to me just how much mileage I habitually rack up on the information highway like a glance at my browser history. Whether it’s showing me locations I visited “last…

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