apocynaceous | (adjective) of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae | - |
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arenaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: sandlike, sandy |
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arundinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria | - |
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carbonaceous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | Synonyms: carbonic, carboniferous, carbonous |
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farinaceous | (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy |
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(adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, starchlike |
furnace | (noun) an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. | - |
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gallinacean | (noun) heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds | Synonyms: gallinaceous bird |
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gallinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean | - |
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menace | (noun) a threat or the act of threatening | - |
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(noun) something that is a source of danger | Synonyms: threat |
(verb) act in a threatening manner | - |
(verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture | - |
(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten |
nacelle | (noun) a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine | - |
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panacea | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: catholicon, cure-all, nostrum |
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phenacetin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin |
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pinnace | (noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore | Synonyms: cutter, ship's boat, tender |
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plumbaginaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Plumbaginaceae | - |
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proteinaceous | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of protein | - |
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saponaceous | (adjective) resembling or having the qualities of soap | Synonyms: soapy |
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solanaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family) | - |
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vinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to wine | Synonyms: vinous |
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(adjective) of the color of wine | - |