yaws
Definitions
Noun
- An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
- An erratic deflection from an intended course
Verb
- Be wide open
- Deviate erratically from a set course
- Swerve off course momentarily
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "yaws".
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| 1 | news | 1 | 102 |
| 2 | laws | 1 | 88 |
| 3 | jews | 1 | 54 |
| 4 | cows | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | rows | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | jaws | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | vows | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | bows | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | paws | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | saws | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | jews' | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | lows | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | pews | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | daws | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | dews | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | haws | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | hews | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | mows | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | news' | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | news's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | pows | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | sows | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | tews | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | tows | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | wows | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 25
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📰 This Word in the News:
Elimination of yaws in India Weekly epidemiological record
Apr 11, 2008 World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 11, 2008 World Health Organization (WHO)
Prehistoric Skeletal Discovery is Challenging Past Assumptions on an Ancient "Syphilis-Like" Disease
Mar 28, 2026 The Debrief
Mar 28, 2026 The Debrief
International Verification Team for eradication of Yaws finds India free of the disease
Jul 12, 2017 World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 12, 2017 World Health Organization (WHO)
Tropical disease in medieval Europe revises the history of a pathogen related to syphilis
Jun 11, 2020 EurekAlert!
Jun 11, 2020 EurekAlert!