Words With IR In The Middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter IR is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of IR in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how IR in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
4 letter words
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girl | 5 | a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | his girlfriend kicked him out |
fire | 7 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | - |
bird | 7 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
firm | 9 | not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall | stocks are still firm |
hire | 7 | engage or hire for work | They hired two new secretaries in the department |
dirt | 5 | obscene terms for feces | - |
wire | 7 | a message transmitted by telegraph | - |
tire | 4 | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | - |
sire | 4 | the founder of a family | - |
kirk | 12 | a Scottish church | - |
dirk | 9 | a relatively long dagger with a straight blade | - |
dire | 5 | fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | a dire emergency |
miro | 6 | New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry | - |
airs | 4 | affected manners intended to impress others | don't put on airs with me |
lire | 4 | - | - |
lira | 4 | the basic unit of money in Turkey | - |
mire | 6 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
airy | 7 | not practical or realizable; speculative | airy theories about socioeconomic improvement |
miri | 6 | little known Kamarupan languages | - |
giro | 5 | a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office | - |
wiry | 10 | lean and sinewy | - |
birk | 10 | - | - |
biro | 6 | a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper | - |
gird | 6 | bind with something round or circular | - |
tiro | 4 | someone new to a field or activity | - |
girt | 5 | - | - |
pirs | 6 | - | - |
pirn | 6 | - | - |
pirl | 6 | - | - |
sirs | 4 | - | - |
siri | 4 | - | - |
virl | 7 | - | - |
vire | 7 | - | - |
tirr | 4 | - | - |
tirl | 4 | - | - |
yird | 8 | - | - |
yirk | 11 | - | - |
yirr | 7 | - | - |
birr | 6 | make a soft swishing sound | - |
birl | 6 | cause to spin | - |
airt | 4 | channel into a new direction | - |
airn | 4 | - | - |
dirl | 5 | - | - |
cirl | 6 | - | - |
cire | 6 | - | - |
miry | 9 | (of soil) soft and watery | miry roads |
mirv | 9 | - | - |
mirs | 6 | - | - |
mirk | 10 | - | - |
nirl | 4 | - | - |
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5 letter words
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first | 8 | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) | - |
tired | 6 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | - |
weird | 9 | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | the three weird sisters |
third | 9 | coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | - |
dirty | 9 | obtained illegally or by improper means | dirty money |
fired | 9 | having lost your job | - |
shirt | 8 | a garment worn on the upper half of the body | - |
birth | 10 | the process of giving birth | - |
hired | 9 | hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | - |
fairy | 11 | offensive term for a homosexual man | - |
virus | 8 | a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance |
skirt | 9 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | she skirted the problem |
siren | 5 | a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | - |
hairy | 11 | having or covered with hair | Jacob was a hairy man |
pairs | 7 | - | - |
flirt | 8 | talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | My husband never flirts with other women |
wired | 9 | tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline | - |
dairy | 9 | a farm where dairy products are produced | - |
moira | 7 | - | - |
kirby | 14 | - | - |
girly | 9 | - | - |
birch | 12 | a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment | my father never spared the birch |
mirza | 16 | - | - |
whirl | 11 | cause to spin | - |
viral | 8 | relating to or caused by a virus | viral infection |
aired | 6 | open to or abounding in fresh air | - |
twirl | 8 | cause to spin | - |
shire | 8 | British breed of large heavy draft horse | - |
chirp | 12 | make high-pitched sounds | the birds were chirping in the bushes |
laird | 6 | a landowner | - |
swirl | 8 | flow in a circular current, of liquids | - |
smirk | 11 | smile affectedly or derisively | - |
afire | 8 | lighted up by or as by fire or flame | forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning |
shirk | 12 | avoid (one's assigned duties) | The derelict soldier shirked his duties |
quirk | 18 | a strange attitude or habit | - |
circa | 9 | - | - |
zaire | 14 | a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 | - |
mirth | 10 | great merriment | - |
girth | 9 | stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | - |
siree | 5 | - | - |
spire | 7 | a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | - |
mired | 8 | entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire | brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion |
twirp | 10 | make a weak, chirping sound | - |
dirge | 7 | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | - |
cairn | 7 | small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland | - |
firth | 11 | English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) | - |
taira | 5 | long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America | - |
quire | 14 | a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets | - |
bairn | 7 | a child: son or daughter | - |
circs | 9 | - | - |
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6 letter words
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entire | 6 | constituting the full quantity or extent; complete | an entire town devastated by an earthquake |
spirit | 8 | the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | - |
desire | 7 | expect and wish | - |
virgin | 10 | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo | - |
thirty | 12 | the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three | - |
mirror | 8 | a faithful depiction or reflection | the best mirror is an old friend |
direct | 9 | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | - |
stairs | 6 | a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | - |
circle | 10 | an unofficial association of people or groups | - |
empire | 10 | a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | - |
circus | 10 | a genus of haws comprising the harriers | - |
firing | 10 | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | - |
admire | 9 | feel admiration for | - |
retire | 6 | break from a meeting or gathering | The men retired to the library |
fairly | 12 | without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | deal fairly with one another |
pirate | 8 | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation | - |
theirs | 9 | - | - |
thirst | 9 | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | - |
virtue | 9 | any admirable quality or attribute | - |
hiring | 10 | - | - |
weirdo | 10 | someone deranged and possibly dangerous | - |
haired | 10 | having or covered with hair | - |
firmly | 14 | in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | - |
tiring | 7 | producing exhaustion | - |
squirt | 15 | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | - |
girlie | 7 | - | - |
birdie | 9 | badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | - |
mirage | 9 | an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects | - |
spiral | 8 | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | - |
wiring | 10 | a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity | - |
squire | 15 | a man who attends or escorts a woman | - |
hairdo | 10 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | - |
attire | 6 | put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | - |
aspire | 8 | have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | - |
umpire | 10 | an official at a baseball game | - |
piracy | 13 | hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it | air piracy |
expire | 15 | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | - |
quirky | 22 | (informal) strikingly unconventional | - |
cirque | 17 | a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake | - |
satire | 6 | witty language used to convey insults or scorn | - |
paired | 9 | occurring in pairs or as a pair | paired fangs |
girdle | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
virile | 9 | characteristic of a man | - |
airing | 7 | the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | - |
squirm | 17 | the act of wiggling | - |
affirm | 14 | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | - |
airway | 12 | the passages through which air enters and leaves the body | - |
flirty | 12 | - | - |
expiry | 18 | a coming to an end of a contract period | the expiry of his driver's license |
soiree | 6 | a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house) | - |
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7 letter words
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airport | 9 | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | - |
miracle | 11 | a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent | - |
spirits | 9 | an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented | - |
affairs | 13 | matters of personal concern | get his affairs in order |
vampire | 14 | (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living | - |
thirsty | 13 | (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous | thirsty for information |
confirm | 14 | strengthen or make more firm | The witnesses confirmed the victim's account |
retired | 8 | no longer active in your work or profession | - |
require | 16 | have need of | - |
haircut | 12 | the act of cutting the hair | - |
admiral | 10 | the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral | - |
circuit | 11 | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow | - |
gunfire | 11 | the act of shooting a gun | the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders |
aspirin | 9 | the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | - |
inspire | 9 | heighten or intensify | - |
fireman | 12 | a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | - |
fairies | 10 | - | - |
admired | 11 | regarded with admiration | - |
expired | 17 | having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time | an expired passport |
airline | 7 | a hose that carries air under pressure | - |
inquiry | 19 | a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | - |
virtual | 10 | being actually such in almost every respect | the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin |
firstly | 13 | before anything else | - |
acquire | 18 | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | - |
admirer | 10 | someone who admires a young woman | she had many admirers |
desired | 9 | wanted intensely | it produced the desired effect |
giraffe | 14 | tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | - |
bonfire | 12 | a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | - |
rebirth | 12 | the revival of learning and culture | - |
stirred | 8 | being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | - |
virtues | 10 | - | - |
nirvana | 10 | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness | - |
inquire | 16 | conduct an inquiry or investigation of | inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady |
prairie | 9 | a treeless grassy plain | - |
firearm | 12 | a portable gun | he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
enquiry | 19 | a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | - |
memoirs | 11 | - | - |
viruses | 10 | - | - |
firefly | 16 | nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs | - |
piranha | 12 | someone who attacks in search of booty | - |
pereira | 9 | - | - |
biryani | 12 | an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | - |
haywire | 16 | not functioning properly | has gone completely haywire |
weirdos | 11 | - | - |
enquire | 16 | have a wish or desire to know something | - |
heiress | 10 | a female heir | - |
cowgirl | 13 | a woman cowboy | - |
thirdly | 14 | in the third place | - |
dirtier | 8 | - | - |
airship | 12 | a steerable self-propelled aircraft | - |
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8 letter words
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birthday | 17 | the date on which a person was born | - |
director | 11 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
upstairs | 10 | on a floor above | they lived upstairs |
directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
entirely | 11 | without any others being included or involved | was entirely to blame |
chairman | 15 | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | - |
directed | 12 | manageable by a supervising agent | a directed program of study |
required | 18 | required by rule | required reading |
airplane | 10 | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane |
inspired | 11 | being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | an inspired performance |
virginia | 12 | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War | - |
aircraft | 13 | a vehicle that can fly | - |
thirteen | 11 | being one more than twelve | - |
whirring | 15 | sound of something in rapid motion | - |
flirting | 12 | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | - |
squirrel | 17 | a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail | - |
acquired | 20 | gotten through environmental forces | acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on |
airborne | 10 | moved or conveyed by or through air | - |
virtuous | 11 | in a state of sexual virginity | - |
airlines | 8 | - | - |
retiring | 9 | not arrogant or presuming | a shy retiring girl |
wireless | 11 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
stirring | 9 | capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement | stirring events such as wars and rescues |
firewood | 15 | wood used for fuel | they collected and cut their own firewood |
circular | 12 | having the shape or form of a circle | - |
admiring | 12 | - | - |
fireball | 13 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
fairness | 11 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
spirited | 11 | made lively or spirited | a spirited debate |
tiresome | 10 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | the tiresome chirping of a cricket |
stairway | 14 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
campfire | 17 | a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
bluebird | 13 | fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies | - |
thirties | 11 | the time of life between 30 and 40 | - |
heirloom | 13 | (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance | - |
airfield | 12 | a place where planes take off and land | - |
airtight | 12 | having no weak points | an airtight defense |
delirium | 11 | state of violent mental agitation | - |
impaired | 13 | mentally or physically unfit | - |
airspace | 12 | the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth | - |
aspiring | 11 | desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | - |
sapphire | 15 | a light shade of blue | - |
inquired | 18 | - | - |
backfire | 19 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
hairline | 11 | a very thin line | - |
hairless | 11 | having no hair or fur | a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail |
redirect | 11 | channel into a new direction | redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists |
wildfire | 15 | a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
conspire | 12 | engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | They conspired to overthrow the government |
tireless | 8 | characterized by hard work and perseverance | - |
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9 letter words
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direction | 12 | the act of setting and holding a course | a new council was installed under the direction of the king |
confirmed | 17 | having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation | confirmed reservations |
spiritual | 11 | a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States | - |
fireworks | 19 | - | - |
virginity | 16 | the condition or quality of being a virgin | - |
virtually | 15 | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | virtually all the parties signed the contract |
directing | 13 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | felt his mother's directing arm around him |
fireplace | 16 | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it |
inspiring | 12 | stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
infirmary | 17 | a health facility where patients receive treatment | - |
staircase | 11 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
admirable | 14 | deserving of the highest esteem or admiration | trains ran with admirable precision |
hairstyle | 15 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | - |
delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
outskirts | 13 | outlying areas (as of a city or town) | they lived on the outskirts of Houston |
fairytale | 15 | an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | - |
birthmark | 20 | a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | - |
desirable | 12 | worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse | - |
directory | 15 | an alphabetical list of names and addresses | - |
stairwell | 12 | a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
firepower | 17 | (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
inquiries | 18 | - | - |
circulate | 13 | cause to be distributed | This letter is being circulated among the faculty |
firsthand | 16 | from the original source; directly | I heard this story firsthand |
firehouse | 15 | a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | - |
blackbird | 20 | any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black | - |
directive | 15 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | - |
whirlwind | 19 | a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth | - |
requiring | 19 | - | - |
admiralty | 15 | the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) | - |
conspired | 14 | - | - |
firstborn | 14 | the offspring who came first in the order of birth | - |
acquiring | 21 | the act of acquiring something | I envied his talent for acquiring |
inquiring | 19 | a request for information | - |
whirlpool | 17 | flow in a circular current, of liquids | - |
backfired | 21 | - | - |
repairman | 13 | a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | - |
mirabelle | 13 | - | - |
cirrhosis | 14 | a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | - |
enquiries | 18 | - | - |
crossfire | 14 | a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
solitaire | 9 | a card game played by one person | - |
empirical | 15 | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | an empirical basis for an ethical theory |
fireproof | 17 | impervious to damage by fire | - |
hairbrush | 17 | a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
pirouette | 11 | (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) | - |
squirting | 19 | propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | - |
weirdness | 13 | strikingly out of the ordinary | - |
salesgirl | 10 | a woman salesperson | - |
circuitry | 16 | electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits | - |
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10 letter words
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girlfriend | 15 | a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | his girlfriend kicked him out |
downstairs | 14 | on or of lower floors of a building | the downstairs (or downstair) phone |
conspiracy | 19 | a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | - |
directions | 13 | - | - |
retirement | 12 | withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | - |
miraculous | 14 | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention | - |
admiration | 13 | a favorable judgment | a small token in admiration of your works |
confirming | 18 | indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen | - |
childbirth | 21 | the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | - |
birthplace | 19 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | the birthplace of civilization |
schoolgirl | 16 | a girl attending school | - |
expiration | 19 | the act of expelling air from the lungs | - |
sweatshirt | 16 | cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity | - |
conspiring | 15 | - | - |
repertoire | 12 | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | - |
indirectly | 16 | not in a forthright manner | he answered very indirectly |
fairground | 15 | an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
aspiration | 12 | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | - |
thirteenth | 16 | coming next after the twelfth in position | - |
tirelessly | 13 | with indefatigable energy | - |
birthright | 19 | an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | - |
circulated | 15 | - | - |
respirator | 12 | a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | - |
flirtation | 13 | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | - |
transpired | 13 | - | - |
undershirt | 14 | a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | - |
impairment | 16 | a symptom of reduced quality or strength | - |
circumvent | 19 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | - |
circumcise | 18 | cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys | During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised |
virtuosity | 16 | technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso | - |
backfiring | 22 | - | - |
despairing | 14 | arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | a despairing view of the world situation |
unfairness | 13 | injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | - |
crosshairs | 15 | a center of interest | the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs |
perspiring | 15 | - | - |
uninspired | 13 | deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention | uninspired writing |
encircling | 15 | being all around the edges; enclosing | his encircling arms |
squirrelly | 22 | - | - |
backstairs | 18 | secret and sly or sordid | backstairs gossip |
chairwoman | 20 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
nightshirt | 17 | nightclothes worn by men | - |
directress | 13 | - | - |
dispirited | 14 | marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm | a dispirited and divided Party |
underskirt | 15 | undergarment worn under a skirt | - |
afterbirth | 18 | the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born | - |
chirruping | 18 | - | - |
squirreled | 20 | - | - |
wiretapped | 18 | - | - |
directness | 13 | trueness of course toward a goal | rivaling a hawk in directness of aim |
retrovirus | 13 | any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell | - |
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