blowlamp | (noun) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame | Synonyms: blowtorch, torch |
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clamp | (noun) a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | Synonyms: clinch |
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clampdown | (noun) sudden restriction on an activity | - |
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eclampsia | (noun) a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy | - |
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foglamp | (noun) headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather | - |
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glamping | (noun) Camping glamorously, i.e., with expensive equipment | - |
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headlamp | (noun) a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive | Synonyms: headlight |
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lamp | (noun) an artificial source of visible illumination | - |
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(noun) a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs | - |
lampblack | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, smut, soot |
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lamphouse | (noun) housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) | Synonyms: lamp house, lamp housing |
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lamplight | (noun) light from a lamp | - |
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lamplighter | (noun) (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights | - |
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lampoon | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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lampooner | (noun) mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | Synonyms: parodist |
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lamppost | (noun) a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) | - |
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lamprey | (noun) primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue | Synonyms: lamper eel, lamprey eel |
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lampshade | (noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, shade |
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lampshell | (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: brachiopod, lamp shell |
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preeclampsia | (noun) abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated | Synonyms: pre-eclampsia |
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sunlamp | (noun) a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments | Synonyms: sun-ray lamp, sun lamp, sunray lamp |
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