| aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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| lung | (noun) either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood | - |
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| lunge | (noun) the act of moving forward suddenly | Synonyms: lurch |
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| (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: passado, straight thrust |
| (verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, thrust |
| lungen | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, longanberry, Nephelium longana |
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| lunger | (noun) someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing) | - |
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| (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: consumptive, tubercular |
| lungfish | (noun) air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought | - |
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| lungi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungyi |
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| lungyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungi |
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| muskellunge | (noun) large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America | Synonyms: Esox masquinongy |
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| (noun) flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish | - |
| plunge | (noun) a brief swim in water | Synonyms: dip |
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| (noun) a steep and rapid fall | - |
| (verb) begin with vigor | Synonyms: launch |
| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, soak up, steep |
| (verb) cause to be immersed | Synonyms: immerse |
| (verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | Synonyms: dip, douse, dunk, souse |
| (verb) thrust or throw into | Synonyms: immerse |
| (verb) fall abruptly | Synonyms: dump |
| (verb) drop steeply | Synonyms: dive, plunk |
| (verb) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity | - |
| plunger | (noun) mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion | Synonyms: piston |
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| (noun) hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains | Synonyms: plumber's helper |
| (noun) someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Synonyms: speculator |
| (noun) someone who dives (into water) | Synonyms: diver |
| quellung | (noun) the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms | Synonyms: quellung reaction |
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| underslung | (adjective) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | Synonyms: squat |
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| (adjective) having a lower part projecting beyond the upper | Synonyms: underhung, undershot |
| (adjective) supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below | - |