See disc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Laserdisc"
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"word": "laser disc"
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"word": "magnetodisc"
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"word": "MiniDisc"
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"word": "multidisc"
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"word": "nanodisc"
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"word": "Nebra sky disc"
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"word": "Nipkov disc"
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"word": "Nipkow disc"
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"word": "optical disc"
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"word": "optical disc drive"
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"word": "optic disc"
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"word": "parking disc"
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"word": "photodisc"
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"word": "picture disc"
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"word": "Poincaré disc"
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"word": "polydisc"
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"word": "protoplanetary disc"
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"word": "scattered disc"
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"word": "scattered disc object"
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"word": "Secchi disc"
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"word": "separating disc"
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"word": "Siegel disc"
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"word": "slipped disc"
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"word": "slot-loading disc drive"
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"word": "spinal disc herniation"
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"word": "squamodisc"
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{
"word": "sun disc"
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"word": "tax disc"
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"word": "trichodiscoma"
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