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• A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.
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• To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
Example sentence • The sailors used parbuckles to hoist the cargo onto the ship.
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• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
Example sentence • She put on her spectacles to read the small print.
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• marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Example sentence • The old ship was covered in barnacles .
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• a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm)
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• hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
Example sentence • Breeding karakuls requires careful selection to maintain desirable traits.
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• any amazing or wonderful occurrence
Example sentence • She believed in miracles and prayed every day for her mother's health to improve.
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• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
Example sentence • She overcame numerous obstacles to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor.
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• a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
Example sentence • My grandma loves to play penuchles with her friends every Friday night.
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• a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
Example sentence • I play pinochles every Friday night with my friends.
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• something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
Example sentence • The octopus uses its tentacles to catch prey.
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• a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
Example sentence • During the Jewish festival of Sukkot, people build temporary tabernacles to commemorate the time when the Israelites lived in booths in the desert.
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• concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
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• something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
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• of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
Example sentence • The reciprocals of 3 and 1/3 are each other.
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Example sentence • He unmanacles the prisoner and sets him free.
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• (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
Example sentence • He cracked his knuckles before starting the intense workout.
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• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism
Example sentence • The tailor uses needles to sew clothes.
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• Eyeglasses with round frames, popularized by John Lennon.
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• a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
Example sentence • She won a bag of colorful marbles at the fair.
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• eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Example sentence • He was diagnosed with shingles , a painful skin rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
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• bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
Example sentence • I love cupcakes with colorful sprinkles on top.
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• a soft partly suppressed laugh
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• laugh quietly or with restraint
Example sentence • His chuckles filled the room with joy.
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• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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• suck milk from the mother's breasts
Example sentence • The baby suckles on its mother's breast.
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• a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
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• yield to out of weakness
Example sentence • The truckles of cheese were neatly stacked on the shelf.
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• an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension
Example sentence • The construction crew used turnbuckles to tighten the cables of the suspension bridge.
9 3 verb v Example sentence • He always unbuckles his seatbelt as soon as he arrives home.
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• a large number or amount
Example sentence • She brought oodles of books to the library.
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• the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
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• sniff or smell inquiringly
Example sentence • He had a case of the snuffles and couldn't stop sneezing.
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• shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
Example sentence • The sweet fragrance of honeysuckles filled the air.
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• the common European annual marigold
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• a judgment of not guilty
Example sentence • The judge announced three acquittals in the high-profile murder trial.
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• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
Example sentence • He ambles through the park every morning.
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• An almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava
Example sentence • My doctor told me that my amygdales are enlarged.
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• the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally
Example sentence • The artist painted a beautiful mural of angels on the ceiling of the chapel.
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Example sentence • In phonetics, apicals refer to the consonant sounds made with the apex or tip of the tongue.
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Example sentence • The presence of arbuscles in the root cells helps increase the surface area for nutrient exchange.
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• the quantity that can be contained in the arms
Example sentence • She walked into the garden and gathered armfuls of flowers.
8 3 noun n Example sentence • She experienced frequent arousals during the night, disrupting her sleep.
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Example sentence • The musician played the atabals with great skill.
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• a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
Example sentence • The auricles of the heart receive blood from the veins.
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• larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
Example sentence • Many people keep axolotls as pets.
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• the quantity that a bag will hold
Example sentence • She brought two bagfuls of groceries from the store.
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• the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
Example sentence • He poured barrelfuls of water into the thirsty plants.
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• the quantity contained in a basket
Example sentence • The farmer harvested basketfuls of fresh vegetables from his fields.
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• a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
Example sentence • The beadles were responsible for maintaining order in the village.
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• cause to seem less serious; play down
Example sentence • She constantly belittles her colleagues, making them feel small and incompetent.
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