media
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When media helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
A D E I M
Two-Letter Start
ME
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IA
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- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- ME start
- IA ending
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- media is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, e, i, m plus any remaining hive letters.
- The IA ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the ME start.
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Pronunciation
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The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
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A voiced stop consonant.
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One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
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An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
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Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
"As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity."
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(usually with a definite article; often used as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
"Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions."
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(plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
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(plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
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(plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
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(plural media or mediums) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
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(plural media or mediums) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
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(plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
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(plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
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(plural mediums or media) A tool used for painting or drawing.
"Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting."
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(plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
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(plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
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(plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
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(plural mediums) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
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A middle place or degree.
"a happy medium"
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An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
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The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
Related Words
Same Letters
- diadem
- maimed
- aimed
Synonyms
- m
Antonyms
- tenuis