What is a screed?

A “screed” can be different things depending on the context.

In common use, this noun means “a long discourse,” often with the connotation of being tedious or annoying (e.g., “His email turned into a long screed about office politics”).

In construction, a “screed” is a tool or layer of material used to level a floor. In this context, “screed” can also be a verb meaning “to level a floor.”

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What are some Spanish-speaking countries that start with G?: Guatemala is a Spanish-speaking country that starts with G. The country is located in Central America.
What are some Asian countries that start with S?: Some Asian countries that start with S include:

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria
What are some African countries that start with S?: Some African countries that start with S include:

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan
What are some countries that start with S in Europe?: Some countries that start with S in Europe include:

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland
What are some countries that end with -land?: There are many countries that start with D or end with D. Some of these actually end in “-land,” including:

Finland

Iceland

Ireland

New Zealand

(the) Netherlands (plural)

Poland

Switzerland
What are some African countries that start with M?: Some African countries that start with M include:

Madagascar

(Republic of) Malawi

(Republic of) Mali

Mauritania

(Republic of) Mauritius

(Kingdom of) Morocco

(Republic of) Mozambique
What are some Asian countries that start with M?: Some Asian countries that start with M include:

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar
What are some European countries that start with L?: Some European countries that start with L include:

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg
What are some African countries that start with K?: Africa only has one country that starts with a K: Kenya.
What are 3 countries that start with J?: There are only three countries that start with J:

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan
What are some countries that end in -stan?: English has many countries that start with N or end with N. Many of the countries that end with N actually end in “-stan,” including:

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Pakistan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan
What are some Asian countries that start with I?: Some Asian countries that start with I are:

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel
What are the 4 countries that start with H?: English only has three countries that start with H: Haiti, Honduras, and Hungary.

Hong Kong is sometimes confused with a country, but it’s a special administrative region of China.
What are 3 countries that start with R?: The three countries that start with R are Russia, Romania, and Rwanda.
What are some African countries that start with G?: Some African countries that start with G are Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.
What are three countries that start with F?: The three countries that start with F are Fiji, Finland, and France. English has no countries that end with “F.”
What are some countries in Europe that start with E?: Europe only has one country that starts with E: Estonia. It also has some countries that end in “E,” such as France, Greece, and Ukraine.
What are some African countries that start with E?: Africa has many countries that start with E, including:

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia
What are some European countries that start with D?: There’s only one European country that starts with D: Denmark.

Europe also has some countries that end with “D”:

Finland

Iceland

Ireland

Poland

Switzerland
What are 4 countries that start with D?: Four countries that start with D are Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, and Dominican Republic.
What are some European countries that start with C?: There are a few European countries that start with C, including:

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia
What are some European countries that start with B?: Europe has four countries that start with B:

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria
What are some Asian countries that start with B?: Asia has four countries that start with B:

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei
What are some countries in Africa that start with A?: Africa has two countries that start with A: “Algeria” and “Angola.” Africa itself is commonly mistaken for a country, but it’s a continent.
What are some countries that start with A but don’t end with A?: Two countries that start with A but don’t end with A are Afghanistan and Azerbaijan. Most other countries that start with “A” do end in “A,” such as “Albania,” “Angola,” and “Andorra.”
What are some adjectives starting with E to describe a person?: Some adjectives beginning with E that can be used to describe a person include:

Energetic

Egotistical

Eloquent

Erratic

Enthusiastic

Emotional

Engaging

Exact

Educated
What is the longest word in the world that takes 3 hours to say?: The longest word in the world that takes 3 hours to say is the chemical name for the protein “titin.”

This word has 189,819 letters. The first 35 letters are “methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminyl” and the last 10 are “isoleucine.”

It takes around 3 hours to pronounce and when written, takes up over 100 pages.

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How do you pronounce supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?: You pronounce “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” as “soo-per-ka-luh-fra-juh-lih-stuhk-ek-spee-ah-luh-doh-shuhs.”

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What are some 15 letter words?: Some 15-letter words are:

Accomplishments

Benzodiazepines

Cyclohexylamine

Discombobulated

Disenfranchised

Electromagnetic

Excommunication

Extrajudicially

Intellectualism

Juxtaglomerular

Psychoanalyzing

Quinquagenarian

Revolutionizing

Schizoaffective

Unbelievability

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What are some words that rhyme with away?: Words that rhyme with away include:

Day

Pray

They

Stay

Bay

Clay

Tray

Flay

Gay

Fray

May

Delay

Say

Stray

Gray

Flay

Filet

Hey/Hay

Jay

Lay

Neigh

Pay

Ray

Way/Weigh

Yay

Hooray

Inveigh

Allay

Cafe

Convey

Crochet

Matinee

Naiveté
What are some words that rhyme with down?: Some words that rhyme with down are:

Town

Clown

Frown

Gown

Noun

Downtown

Renown

Brown

Drown

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What are some words that rhyme with out?: Some words that rhyme with out are:

About

Tout

Rout

Sprout

Scout

Flout

Bout

Clout

Gout

Lout

Pout

Grout

Trout

Route (in some accents)

Sauerkraut

Drought

Devout

Shout
What are some words that rhyme with home?: Words that rhyme with home include:

Tome

Dome

Comb

Foam

Gnome

Loam

Roam/Rome

Shalom

Chrome

“Come” and “some” are eye rhymes for home. They look like they should rhyme, but they are pronounced differently.
What are some words that rhyme with night?: Some words that rhyme with night are:

Bright

Light

Delight

Blight

Write/Right

Fright

Trite

Spite

Quite

Tight

Invite

Bite

Kite

Site/Cite/Sight

Fight

Height

Might/Mite

Night

White

Alight

Sprite

Aright

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What are some words that rhyme with heart?: Words that rhyme with heart include:

Art

Smart

Part

Chart

Apart

Depart

Mart

Tart

Start

Restart

Dart
What are some words that rhyme with up?: Some words that rhyme with up are:

Cup

Hup

Sup

Pup

Yup

You could also creatively rhyme up with compound nouns or verbs that end in “-up,” such as:

Backup

Pickup

Startup

Windup

Blowup
What are some words that rhyme with all?: Some words that rhyme with all are:

Ball

Call

Befall

Crawl

Stall

Mall

Tall

Brawl

Fall

Drawl

Small

Doll

Hall

Caul

Maul

Pall

Squall

Thrall

Enthrall

Caterwaul

Y’all

Wall

Scrawl

Appall

Banal

Withal
What are some adjectives starting with F to describe a person?: Some adjectives beginning with F that can be used to describe a person include:

Fabulous

Fair

Fit

Friendly

Funny

Furious

Flamboyant

Flexible

Funny

Feckless
What are some adjectives starting with C to describe a person?: Some adjectives that start with C to describe a person include:

Clever

Compassionate

Courageous

Courteous

Callous

Childish

Clingy

Clumsy

Cold-hearted

Conventional

Cynical

Cowardly

Cultivated

Cute

Creative

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What is eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious?: “Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious” is a 30-letter adjective that means “very good or fine.” It’s one of the longest words in English.

For example, “The chef’s special dessert was nothing short of eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious—a truly delightful treat!”

This word supposedly developed as American English slang in the early 20th century, though it doesn’t appear in any major dictionary.

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How do you spell weird?: The adjective “weird” is spelled “w-e-i-r-d.”

Like in the alphabet, in “weird,” “e” comes before “i.”

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What’s the meaning of bumfuzzle?: “Bumfuzzle” is a verb that means “to confuse or fluster” (e.g., “The complicated instructions completely bumfuzzled me”).

This is an informal, American English word. It’s not common in everyday use throughout the US, though you may encounter it in Southern and Midland dialects.

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What’s another word for weird?: Another word for “weird” is:

Odd

Uncommon

Strange

Unconventional

Quirky

Kooky

For example, instead of saying “Those are really weird words,” you could say “those are really strange words.”

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What are two countries that start with Z?: The two countries that start with Z in English are Zambia and Zimbabwe.
What are three countries that start with Y?: English only has one country that starts with Y, which is Yemen. English does have more than three countries that end with “Y,” including Germany, Hungary, and Paraguay.
Are there any countries that start with X?: There are no countries that start with X in English. English does have two countries that contain an X: Mexico and Luxembourg.
What are some adjectives starting with D to describe a person?: Some adjectives beginning with D that can be used to describe a person include:

Disloyal

Daring

Delightful

Disciplined

Driven

Discreet

Defiant

Disagreeable

Disrespectful

Dreary
What are 3 countries that start with V?: English only has three countries that start with V: Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
What are three countries that start with T?: English has many countries that start with T. Three countries that start with “T” are Tunisia, Turkey, and Thailand.
What are some ocean animals that start with “I”?: There are only a few animals that start with I in English. Some ocean animals that start with “I” are:

Indian mackerel

Indo-Pacific sailfish

Irukandji jellyfish

Ivory coral

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What are some zoo animals that start with “O”?: English has a few animals that start with O. Some zoo animals that start with “O” include:

Ocelot

Okapi

Orangutan

Orca

Oryx

Ostrich

Otter

Owl

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What are some sea animals that start with “O”?: English has quite a few animals that start with O. Some sea animals that start with “O” include:

Ocean sunfish

Ocellaris clownfish (clown anemonefish)

Octopus

Olive ridley turtle

Oarfish

Opah (moonfish)

Orca

Oyster

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What are some zoo animals that start with “N”?: English has many animals that start with N. Some zoo animals that start with “N” are:

Nandu (ostrich, also known as rhea)

Newt

Nightingale

Nile crocodile

Nyala (spiral-horned antelope)

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What are some sea animals that start with “N”?: English has many animals that start with N. Some sea animals that start with “N” are:

Narwhal

Nautilus

Needlefish

Northern pike

Nudibranch

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What are some sea animals that start with “L”?: There are many animals that start with L in English. Some sea animals that start with “L” are:

Lamprey

Leatherback turtle

Lingcod

Lionfish

Lizardfish

Lobster

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What are some wild animals that start with “M”?: English has many animals that start with M. Some wild animals that start with “M” are:

Macaw

Marmot

Mantis shrimp

Meerkat

Mole

Monkey

Moose

Mountain lion

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What are some sea animals that start with “M”?: English has many animals that start with M. Some sea animals that start with “M” are:

Manatee

Manta ray

Moray eel

Mussel

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What are some sea animals that start with “K”?: There are many animals that start with K, but not many of them are sea animals.

Some sea animals with “K” are “killer whale” and “king mackerel.”
What are some animals that start with “K” in Spanish?: There are many animals that start with K in English, but there are only a few that start with “K” in Spanish. Some examples are:

Koala (koala)

Kudu (type of antelope)

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What are some sea animals that start with “J”?: There are quite a few animals that start with J in English, but sea animals with “J” are uncommon. Some examples of sea animals with “J” are jellyfish, Japanese spider crab, and jackfish.

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What are some animals that start with “J” in Spanish?: There are quite a few animals that start with J in English. Spanish also has some animals that start with “J,” such as:

Jaguar (jaguar)

Jirafa (giraffe)

Jabalí (wild boar)

Jiménez (type of wildcat)

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What are some cute animals that start with “I”?: There aren’t many animals that start with I in English. Some cute animals that start with “I” are impala, Iberian lynx, and the Indian star tortoise.
What are some cute animals that start with “P”?: English has many animals that start with P. Some cute animals that start with “P” include:

Panda

Parrot

Penguin

Pika

Porcupine
What is the longest word in English?: The longest word in English that appears in at least some dictionaries is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,” which has 45 letters. It is the name of a lung disease (pneumono) that is caused by inhaling very small (ultramicroscopic) silicone particles from a volcano. The term was coined specifically to serve as an example of a long word.

The second-longest word is “pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism” (30 letters), which is a rare genetic disorder that mimics the symptoms of a thyroid disorder.

Very long words are able to be created in English by adding prefixes and suffixes on to a base word. This process is essentially limitless, which is why most long words have several prefixes and suffixes.

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What are some animals that start with “H” in Spanish?: English has many animals that start with H. Spanish also has a few animal names that start with “H.”

Halcón (hawk)

Hiena (Hyena)

Hipopótamo (hippopotamus)

Hormiga (ant)

Hurón (ferret)
What are some wild animals that start with “G”?: English has many animals that start with G. Some wild animals that start with “G” are:

Gazelle

Gecko

Gila monster (venomous lizard)

Giraffe

Gorilla

Gray wolf

Green anaconda

Grizzly bear

Groundhog
What are some sea animals that start with “G”?: English has many animals that start with G. Some sea animals that start with “G” are:

Garfish

Giant clam

Giant Pacific octopus

Giant squid

Goby (small fish)

Gray whale

Green sea turtle

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What are some animals that start with “F” in Spanish?: English has quite a few animals that start with F. Spanish only has a few, such as “foca” (seal), “faisán” (pheasant), flamenco (flamingo), and furón (ferret).
What are some sea animals that start with “F”?: English has many animals that start with F. Some sea animals with “F” include:

Fiddler crab

Fin whale

Fire coral

Fish

Flatfish

Flounder

Flower urchin

Flying fish

Frilled shark (lizard shark)
What are some sea animals that start with “E”?: English has many animals that start with E. Some sea animals that start with “E” are:

Eel

Eagle ray

Elephant seal

Emperor angelfish

European sea sturgeon

Elkhorn coral

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What are some big animals that start with “E”?: There are many animals that start with E. Some big animals with “E” are:

Elephant

Elk

Emu

Eland

Eurasian lynx
What are some animals that start with D in Spanish?: There are many animals that start with D in English but Spanish also knows some animals with “D”:

Delfín (dolphin)

Dromedario (dromedary)

Durmiente (dormouse)

Dingo (dingo)

Danta (tapir)
What are some wild animals that start with D?: There are many animals that start with D. Some wild animals that start with “D” are:

Deer

Dingo

Dolphin

Dormouse

Duck-billed platypus
What reptiles start with C?: There are many animals that start with C. Some reptiles that start with C are:

Caiman

Cape cobra

Chinese alligator

Corn snake
What are some wild animals that start with “X”?: English only has a few animals that start with X. Some wild animals that start with “X” are:

Xenops (small bird)

Xerus (ground squirrel)

Xingu River ray (stingray)

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What are some adjectives starting with B to describe a person?: Some adjectives that start with B to describe a person include:

Bashful

Beautiful

Brazen

Beefy

Brave

Bratty

Brusque

Bourgeois

Brilliant

Bilingual

Broad-shouldered

Bedraggled

Boastful

Brainy

Benevolent

Blundering

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What are some adjectives starting with A to describe a person?: Some adjectives that start with A to describe a person include:

Accomplished

Adaptable

Admirable

Agreeable

Altruistic

Amazing

Approachable

Articulate

Astute

Awesome

Assertive

Abrasive

Aimless

Aloof

Arrogant

Awkward

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Is and a verb?: And is a coordinating conjunction, not a verb. It is used to link equal parts of speech to each other (e.g., two nouns, two adjectives). So, it can be used to link two verbs (e.g., “We ate and drank”), but it is not a verb.

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What are some words that rhyme with it?: Some words that rhyme with it are:

Sit

Flit

Remit

Hit

Spit

Admit

Zit

Wit

Brit

Legit

Split

Twit

Git

Bit

Fit

Lit

Mitt

Pit

Writ

Quit
What are some words that rhyme with more?: Some words that rhyme with more are:

Bore

Core

Store

Floor

Restore

Door

Tore

Pore/Poor/Pour

Adore

Chore

Before

Gore

Lore

Nor

Roar

Spore

Snore

Wore

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What are some words that rhyme with one?: Some words that rhyme with one are:

Fun

Sun

Ton

Spun

Stun

Run

Bun

None

Gun

Shun

Nun

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What are some sea animals that start with “Z”?: English has a few animals that start with Z. Some sea animals that start with “Z” are:

Zebra moray eel

Zebra mussel

Zebra shark

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What are some wild animals that start with “Z”?: English has a few animals that start with Z. Some wild animals that start with “Z” are:

Zander (fish)

Zebra

Zebra moray eel

Zebra shark

Zebra snake

Zigzag salamander

Zokor

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What are some sea animals that start with “Y”?: English has quite a few animals that start with Y. Some sea animals that start with “Y” are:

Yellowfin tuna

Yellowtail snapper

Yellow-edged moray

Yeti crab

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What are some wild animals that start with “Y”?: English has quite a few animals that start with Y. Some wild animals that start with “Y” are:

Yabby (crayfish)

Yak

Yarara (venomous viper)

Yellow anaconda

Yellow bass

Yellow-bellied sea snake

Yellowjacket (wasp)

Yellowhammer (bird)

Yeti crab

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What are some sea animals that start with “X”?: English only has a few animals that start with X. Some sea animals that start with “X” are:

Xingu River ray (stingray)

X-ray tetra (fish)

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What 5-letter animals end with “A”?: English has many animals with A. Some 5-letter animals that end with “A” are koala, llama, and panda.

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What are some animals in Spanish that start with “W”: English has a few animals that start with W, but Spanish doesn’t seem to have any commonly recognized animals that start with “W.”
What are some zoo animals that start with “V”?: English has a few animals that start with V. Some zoo animals that start with “V” are:

Vaquita (small dolphin-like creature that’s only seen in conservation exhibits)

Vervet monkey

Viper (venomous snake)

Vulture

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What are some sea animals that start with “V”?: English has a few animals that start with V. Some sea animals that start with “V” are:

Vampire squid

Vaquita (small dolphin-like creature)

Velella (jellyfish-like creature)

Vermilion snapper (fish)

Viperfish

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What are some cute animals that start with “U”?: English only has a few animals that start with U. Some cute animals that start with “U” are:

Uinta ground squirrel

Ulysses butterfly

Umbrellabird

Unau (sloth)

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What are some sea animals that start with “U”?: English only has a few animals that start with U. Some sea animals that start with “U” are:

Uaru (triangle cichlid)

Unicornfish

Urchin (sea urchin)

Umbrella octopus

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What are some sea animals that start with “T”?: English has many animals that start with T. Some sea animals that start with “T” are:

Tetra

Tiger shark

Toadfish

Triggerfish

Tuna

Turtle

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What are some wild animals that start with “T”?: English has many animals that start with T. Some wild animals that start with “T” are:

Tapir

Tarantula

Tasmanian devil

Tern (bird)

Thorny devil

Tiger

Tortoise

Toucan

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What are some sea animals that start with “S”?: English has many animals that start with S. Sea animals that start with “S” include:

Salmon

Scallop

Seagull

Seahorse

Seal

Shark

Shrimp

Sponge

Squid

Starfish

Stingray

Swordfish

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What are some wild animals that start with “S”?: English has many animals that start with S. Some wild animals that start with “S” are:

Salamander

Scorpion

Seagull

Sea lion

Sloth

Snow leopard

Spider monkey

Squirrel

Stingray

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What are some zoo animals that start with “R”?: English has many animals that start with R. Some zoo animals that start with “R” include:

Raccoon

Red panda

Rhea (South American ostrich)

Rhinoceros (rhino)

Ring-tailed lemur

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What are some sea animals that start with “R”?: English has quite a few animals that start with R. Some sea animals that start with “R” include:

Red snapper

Reef shark

Rhinoceros shark

Ribbonfish

Rockfish

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