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n. A rope used to hobble an animal, as a sheep.

v. To hobble with a spancel.

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n. A fee charged for storage in a cellar.

n. A cellar or several cellars.

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In botany: Strap-shaped: said chiefly of the rays of the tubuliflorous and the corollas of the liguliflorous Compositæ.

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n. A creed.

n. The Apostles' Creed.

n. The Nicene Creed, especially as the third item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.

n. The musical setting of the Nicene Creed.

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n. An outgrowth or enlargement, especially an abnormal one, such as a wart.

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n. Medicine A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure.

n. The accent that falls on a stressed syllable in a line of scanned verse.

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n. An apparatus for generating static electricity, consisting of a hard rubber disk that is given a negative charge by friction and a metal plate that is given a net positive charge by induction when in contact with the disk.

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Of the fifth degree.

n. An algebraic function of the fifth degree.

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adj. Having a changeable luster.

n. A chatoyant stone or gemstone, such as the cat's-eye.

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n. Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body fluids.

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n. Private apartments.

n. A palace; a summer house.

n. A territorial division; also, a division of land for farming and hunting purposes.

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adj. Mocking; jeering.

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adj. Tapering gradually to a sharp point, as the tips of certain leaves.

v. To sharpen or taper.

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n. The act of nullifying.

n. The state of being nullified.

n. Refusal or failure of a U.S. state to recognize or enforce a federal law within its boundaries.

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n. Dysdiadochokinesia is the impairment of the ability to perform rapidly alternating movements. A less common variant spelling is dysdiadochocinesia.

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n. Botany The stalk of an inflorescence or a stalk bearing a solitary flower in a one-flowered inflorescence.

n. Zoology A stalklike structure in invertebrate animals, usually serving as an attachment for a larger part or structure.

n. Anatomy A stalklike bundle of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain.

n. Medicine The stalklike base to which a polyp or tumor is attached.

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adj. Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery.

adj. Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes.