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  • 11House boat — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …

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  • 12House of bishops — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …

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  • 13House of call — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …

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  • 14pest — n. 1 a troublesome or annoying person or thing; a nuisance. 2 a destructive animal, esp. an insect which attacks crops, livestock, etc. 3 archaic a pestilence; a plague. Phrases and idioms: pest house hist. a hospital for sufferers from the… …

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  • 15House Sparrow — Male in Australia Female in England …

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  • 16Pest control — redirects here. For the Doctor Who audio adventure, see Pest Control (Doctor Who audio). A crop duster applies low insecticide bait that is targeted against Western corn rootworms Pest control refers to the regulation or management of a species… …

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  • 17house mouse — n a mouse that frequents houses esp a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish brown mouse of the genus Mus (M. musculus) that lives and breeds about buildings, is an important laboratory animal, and is an important pest as a consumer of human food and …

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  • 18house cricket — house′ crick et n. ent a common dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, that is sometimes an indoor pest • Etymology: 1765–75 …

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  • 19Pest Man Wins — Infobox Film name = Pest Man Wins caption = director = Jules White writer = Felix Adler starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Margie Liszt Nanette Bordeaux Emil Sitka Vernon Dent cinematography = Fayte Brown | editing = Edwin Bryant… …

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  • 20Pest of a Guest — Infobox Television episode Title = Pest of a Guest Series = Garfield and Friends Caption = Season = 2 Episode = 40 Airdate = September 16, 1989 Production = G014 A Writer = Mark Evanier Sharman DiVono Director = John Walker Steve Clark Guests =… …

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