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4 letters

ROUT
An overwhelming defeat

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

STEM
Cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

BEER
A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

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LOTUS
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs

THEME
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

TUBER
Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles

CHEER
The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"

CAUSE
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

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ORIGIN
Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

ETYMON
A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

SOURCE
A facility where something is available

SETTLE
Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"

ROOTLE
Dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"

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INGRAIN
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

ROOTAGE
The place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

RHIZOME
A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

RADICAL
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

RUMMAGE
A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"

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ROOTWORD
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

SOLUTION
A method for solving a problem; "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"

TAKEROOT
Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

ANCESTOR
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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ASCENDANT
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

ASCENDENT
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

BEGINNING
The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

TOOTHROOT
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

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ANTECEDENT
A preceding occurrence or cause or event

SETTLEDOWN
Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

STEADYDOWN
Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

FOUNDATION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"