| belvedere | (noun) a gazebo sited to command a fine view | - |
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| (noun) densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | Synonyms: Bassia scoparia, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, Kochia scoparia, summer cypress |
| delve | (verb) turn up, loosen, or remove earth | Synonyms: cut into, dig, turn over |
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| elver | (noun) young eel | - |
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| (noun) young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried | - |
| elves | (noun) an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere | - |
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| helve | (noun) the handle of a weapon or tool | Synonyms: haft |
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| helvella | (noun) any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds | - |
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| selvedge | (noun) the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray | Synonyms: selvage |
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| (noun) border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet | Synonyms: selvage |
| shelve | (verb) place on a shelf | - |
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| (verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table |
| shelver | (noun) a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves | - |
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| twelve | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units | Synonyms: 12, dozen, xii |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | Synonyms: 12, dozen, XII |
| twelvemonth | (noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | Synonyms: year, yr |
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| velvet | (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvety |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | Synonyms: velvety |
| (noun) a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back | - |
| velveteen | (noun) a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet | - |
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| velvetiness | (noun) Quality of velvet: velvety appearance, feeling, or taste. | - |
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| velvetleaf | (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States | Synonyms: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetweed |
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| (noun) arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States | Synonyms: Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf |
| velvetweed | (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States | Synonyms: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf |
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| velvety | (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvet |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | Synonyms: velvet |