| houri | (noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: nymph |
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| (noun) (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise | - |
| kauri | (noun) tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | Synonyms: Agathis australis, kaury |
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| (noun) white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis | - |
| (noun) resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum | Synonyms: kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin |
| khukuri | (noun) a curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal | - |
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| venturi | (noun) a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor) | - |
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