pseudo-cleft sentence
[ soo-doh-kleft, soo-doh-kleft ]
/ ˈsu doʊˌklɛft, ˌsu doʊˈklɛft /
noun
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Words nearby pseudo-cleft sentence
pseudochorea, pseudochromesthesia, pseudochromhidrosis, pseudocirrhosis, pseudoclassic, pseudo-cleft sentence, pseudocoarctation, pseudo-code, pseudocoel, pseudocoelomate, pseudocolloid
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