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boat - A small vessel propelled on water by oars, sails, or an engine.
bait - Deliberately annoy or taunt (someone)
anti - Opposed to; against.
ban - Officially or legally prohibit.
boa - A constrictor snake which bears live young and may reach great size, native to America, Africa, Asia, and some Pacific islands.
baton - A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.
into - Expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else.
bin - Place (something) in a bin.
bit - A small piece, part, or quantity of something.
biota - The animal and plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
bio - A biography or short biographical profile of someone.
iota - The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), transliterated as ‘i.’.
obtain - Get, acquire, or secure (something)
bat - (of a team or a player in sports such as baseball) take in turns the role of hitting rather than fielding.
bot - An autonomous program on the internet or another network that can interact with systems or users.
ion - An atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
nib - The pointed end part of a pen, which distributes the ink on the writing surface.
ant - A small insect, often with a sting, that usually lives in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which often form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for industriousness.
ton - A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds avoirdupois (907.19 kg).A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds avoirdupois (1016.05 kg).A unit of measurement of a ship's weight representing the weight of water it displaces, equal to 2,240 pounds or 35 cubic feet (0.99 cu m).A unit of weight or volume of sea cargo, equal to a metric ton (1,000 kg) or 40 cubic feet.
nab - Catch (someone) doing something wrong.
nit - The egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, especially the egg of a head louse attached to a human hair.
obit - An obituary.
tin - Cover with a thin layer of tin.
not - Used with an auxiliary verb or “be” to form the negative.Used in some constructions with other verbs.
tan - (of a person or their skin) become brown or darkened after exposure to the sun.
tab - Mark or identify with a projecting piece of material.
tao - (in Chinese philosophy) the absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order. The interpretation of Tao in the Tao-te-Ching developed into the philosophical religion of Taoism.
oat - A cereal plant cultivated chiefly in cool climates and widely used for animal feed as well as human consumption.
