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February 11, 2024

Game

PLUTO
DORY
PURR
AUTO
NEMO
DEMO
BUZZ
BARGE
BUREAU
AMERICA
SCOW
HOOK
DRONE
SLOOP
MORGAN
HUM

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MONOTONOUS SOUNDS


Single-tone, continuous sounds

  • BUZZ: A low, continuous humming or murmuring sound, made by or similar to that made by an insect.
  • DRONE: A continuous low tone produced by a musical instrument or a machine.
  • HUM: A low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.
  • PURR: A low, continuous, rumbling sound made by a cat.

BOATS


Types of boats

  • BARGE: A long, flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers.
  • DORY: A small, shallow-draft boat used for fishing.
  • SCOW: A wide-beamed sailing dinghy.
  • SLOOP: A one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft rig.

CAPTAINS


Famous captains, real or fictional

  • AMERICA: Referring to Captain America, a fictional superhero.
  • HOOK: Referring to Captain Hook, a fictional character in Peter Pan.
  • MORGAN: Referring to Captain Henry Morgan, a historical figure known as a pirate.
  • NEMO: Referring to Captain Nemo, a fictional character from the novel 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'.

PREFIXES WITH -CRACY


Prefixes used to form government or authority types

  • AUTO: Meaning 'self', used in terms like 'autocracy'.
  • BUREAU: Meaning 'office', used in terms like 'bureaucracy'.
  • DEMO: Meaning 'people', used in terms like 'democracy'.
  • PLUTO: Meaning 'wealth', used in terms like 'plutocracy'.