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  • 31Uncleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 immundity immundity immundicity Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity &c.???of mind ???>961 …

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  • 32ague grass — noun colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States • Syn: ↑ague root, ↑Aletris farinosa • Hypernyms: ↑colicroot, ↑colic root, ↑crow corn, ↑star grass, ↑unicorn root …

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  • 33gray polypody — noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa • Syn: ↑grey polypody, ↑resurrection fern, ↑Polypodium polypodioides • Hypernyms: ↑polypody * * * noun : a No. American fern ( …

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  • 34quail brush — noun spiny shrub with silvery scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico • Syn: ↑quail bush, ↑white thistle, ↑Atriplex lentiformis • Hypernyms: ↑saltbush * * * noun 1. : any of various mountain mahog …

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  • 35lapland rosebay — noun or lapland rhododendron Usage: usually capitalized L : a dwarf shrub (Rhododendron lapponicum) of the mountainous region of eastern No. America having scurfy branches, thick scurfy leaves, and purple flowers and forming extensive depressed… …

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  • 36scurf|i|ness — «SKUR fee nihs», noun. a being scurfy; scurfy condition …

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  • 37scur´vi|ness — scur|vy «SKUR vee», noun, adjective, vi|er, vi|est. –n. a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in the diet. It is characterized by swollen and bleeding gums, extreme weakness, and livid spots on the skin. Scurvy used to be common among sailors… …

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  • 38scur´vi|ly — scur|vy «SKUR vee», noun, adjective, vi|er, vi|est. –n. a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in the diet. It is characterized by swollen and bleeding gums, extreme weakness, and livid spots on the skin. Scurvy used to be common among sailors… …

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  • 39scur|vy — «SKUR vee», noun, adjective, vi|er, vi|est. –n. a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in the diet. It is characterized by swollen and bleeding gums, extreme weakness, and livid spots on the skin. Scurvy used to be common among sailors when they… …

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  • 40Balistes Carolinensis — Leather Leath er (l[e^][th] [ e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS. le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[ a]der, Dan. l[ae]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the hair removed, and… …

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