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Any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower | |
A small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town | |
Any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport | |
A vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration | |
A person who offers himself or herself willingly for a service or undertaking | |
An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream | |
The sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc. | |
A game for two teams in which the object is to keep a large ball in motion, from side to side over a high net, by striking it with the hands before it touches the ground | |
A sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like, used as a condiment, preservative, etc. | |
Any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers | |
A person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like | |
A speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the air from the lungs | |
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A whirling mass of water, especially one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool | |
Noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as cockroaches, mice, rats, etc | |
A room or compartment, often built of or lined with steel, reserved for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, especially such a place in a bank | |
A cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel | |
One of the systems of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart | |
A covered vehicle, usually a large truck or trailer, used for moving furniture, goods, animals, etc. | |
A list or collection of the words or phrases of a language, technical field, etc., usually arranged in alphabetical order and defined | |
To disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible | |
To express or signify will or choice in a matter, as by casting a ballot | |
Any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia | |
A period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday | |
A program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette | |
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A vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals | |
The treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm and with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder | |
Any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of eagles and hawks | |
Animal doctor; a person suitably qualified and registered to practice veterinary medicine | |
A large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids | |
A space entirely devoid of matter | |
A preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night | |
Any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things | |
A close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket | |
Any of a group of colors that vary in saturation but have the same purplish-blue hue | |
A fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread | |
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