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fes·ti·val / ˈfestəvəl/ • n. a day or period of celebration, typically a religious commemoration. ∎ an annual celebration or anniversary: highlights of this year's pumpkin festival. ∎ an organized series of concerts, plays, or movies, typically one held annually: traditional jazz festivals. |
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"festival." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "festival." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-festival.html "festival." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-festival.html |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "festival." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "festival." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-festival.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "festival." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-festival.html |
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Festivala series of performances of music, plays, and dances—Wilkes. |
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"Festival." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Festival." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300648.html "Festival." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300648.html |
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•Ethel • lethal • brothel • betrothal
•Cavell, cavil, gavel, gravel, ravel, travel
•Havel, larval, marvel, Marvell, rondavel
•bedevil, bevel, devil, dishevel, kevel, level, revel, split-level
•daredevil • she-devil • eye level
•naval, navel
•coeval, evil, Khedival, medieval, primeval, retrieval, shrieval, upheaval
•civil, drivel, shrivel, snivel, swivel
•carnival • Percival • perspectival
•festival • aestival (US estival)
•adjectival, arrival, deprival, genitival, imperatival, infinitival, outrival, relatival, revival, rival, substantival, survival
•archival
•grovel, hovel, novel
•oval
•approval, removal
•Lovell, shovel
•interval • serval • narwhal
•coequal, equal, prequel, sequel
•bilingual, lingual, monolingual, multilingual
•rorqual • Hywel
•Daniel, spaniel
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"festival." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "festival." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-festival.html "festival." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-festival.html |
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