bellows | (noun) (used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument | - |
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clews | (noun) the cords used to suspend a hammock | - |
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cows | (noun) domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | Synonyms: Bos taurus, cattle, kine, oxen |
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flews | (noun) The fleshy hanging upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog. | - |
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gallows | (noun) an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging | - |
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jackstraws | (noun) a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others | Synonyms: spillikins |
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mews | (noun) street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings | - |
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news | (noun) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | Synonyms: newsworthiness |
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(noun) information about recent and important events | Synonyms: intelligence, tidings, word |
(noun) information reported in a newspaper or news magazine | - |
(noun) a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary | Synonyms: news program, news show |
(noun) informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone | - |
owlclaws | (noun) stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep | Synonyms: Helenium hoopesii, orange sneezeweed |
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slews | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, stacks, tons, wads |
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trews | (noun) (used in the plural) tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan | - |
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yaws | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: frambesia, framboesia |
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