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• (noun)
  1. (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades

• DOWN (noun)
  1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
  2. soft fine feathers
• DOWN (adjective)
  1. understood perfectly
  2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
• DOWN (adverb)
  1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
• DOWN (verb)
  1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
  2. cause to come or go down
• PUT (verb)
  1. attribute or give
  2. formulate in a particular style or language
• PUT (noun)
  1. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

• DEMEAN
  (6 letters)
• BADMOUTHED
  (10 letters)
• LAID
  (4 letters)
• LAY
  (3 letters)
• Demean
  (6 letters)
• SET
  (3 letters)
• BELITTLE
  (8 letters)
• LAND
  (4 letters)
• ATE
  (3 letters)
• REPRESS
  (7 letters)
• DISS
  (4 letters)
• ALIGHT
  (6 letters)
• SHAMED
  (6 letters)
• ABASE
  (5 letters)
• DERIDE
  (6 letters)
• INSULTED
  (8 letters)
• WRITE
  (5 letters)
• LAIN
  (4 letters)
• SLUR
  (4 letters)
• EAT
  (3 letters)
• INSULT
  (6 letters)

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IDS