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- 2. :protuberanceswelling
- 6. American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre
- 8. any of several large carnivorous thick-skinned long-bodied aquatic reptiles (family Crocodylidae) of tropical and subtropical waters
- 9. the first month of the Gregorian calendar
- 10. to catch the breath convulsively and audibly (as with shock)
- 13. an elaborate and usually abundant meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment :banquet
- 15. lavish
- 16. :a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a central pedestal
- 17. :a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars
- 18. :the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust
- 20. :an injurious, unfair, or unjust act :action or conduct inflicting harm without due provocation or just cause
- 21. evening
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- 1. :a hand tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and used for pounding
- 3. :a collapsible shade for protection against weather consisting of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole
- 4. a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood
- 5. :to do the first part of an action :go into the first part of a process :start
- 7. a crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, is abundant in nature, and is used especially to season or preserve food or in industry called also common salt
- 11. one employed to steer a ship :helmsman
- 12. :a quantity of food:
- 14. :pleasing to the taste
- 19. :a cause of astonishment or admiration :marvelit's a wonder you weren't killedthe pyramid is a wonder to behold