| blank | (noun) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | Synonyms: blank shell, dummy |
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| (noun) a piece of material ready to be made into something | - |
| (noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: lacuna |
| (noun) a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing | Synonyms: space |
| blanket | (noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: cover |
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| (noun) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | - |
| (noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: mantle |
| blankness | (noun) the state of being blank; void; emptiness | - |
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| clank | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clash, crash |
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| clanker | (noun) something that makes a clanking noise. | - |
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| flank | (noun) the side between ribs and hipbone | - |
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| (noun) a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg | - |
| (noun) the side of military or naval formation | Synonyms: wing |
| (noun) a subfigure consisting of a side of something | - |
| flanker | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation | - |
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| (noun) a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver | Synonyms: flanker back |
| gangplank | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangway |
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| lankiness | (noun) a tall and thin physique | - |
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| nanoplankton | (noun) microscopic organisms found in plankton | - |
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| palankeen | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palanquin |
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| phytoplankton | (noun) photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae | - |
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| plank | (noun) an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party | - |
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| (noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: board |
| planking | (noun) the work of covering an area with planks | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - |
| (noun) planks collectively; a quantity of planks | - |
| plankton | (noun) the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - |
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| potamoplankton | (noun) plankton that inhabit rivers | - |
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| zooplankton | (noun) animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae | - |
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