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  • 71clean — [OE] Etymologically, clean and German klein ‘small’ are the same word. Both go back to West Germanic *klainoz, which meant ‘clear, pure’, but whereas the English adjective has stayed fairly close to the original meaning, the German one has passed …

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  • 72cleave — [OE] There are two distinct verbs cleave in English, both of Germanic origin. Cleave ‘cut’ comes from Germanic *kleuban, which goes back to an Indo European base *gleubh (this also produced Greek glúphein ‘carve’, source of English hieroglyphics) …

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  • 73clammily — adverb in a clammy manner • Derived from adjective: ↑clammy …

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  • 74mouse-ear chickweed — noun any of various plants related to the common chickweed • Syn: ↑mouse eared chickweed, ↑mouse ear, ↑clammy chickweed, ↑chickweed • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hypon …

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  • 75swamp azalea — noun shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle • Syn: ↑swamp honeysuckle, ↑white honeysuckle, ↑Rhododendron viscosum • Hypernyms: ↑rhododendron * * * noun : a… …

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  • 76Aghast — A*ghast , a. & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. [=a] (cf. Goth. us , G. er , orig. meaning out) + g?stan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with… …

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  • 77Birdlime — Bird lime , n. [Bird + lime viscous substance.] An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds… …

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  • 78Blood clam — Clam Clam (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. {Clamp}, {Clam}, v. t., {Clammy}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam ({Mya arenaria}), the quahog or round clam ({Venus mercenaria}), the sea clam or… …

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  • 79C6H13NO2 — Mydatoxin Myd a*tox in, n. [Gr. myda^n to be clammy (from decay) + toxic + in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A poisonous amido acid, {C6H13NO2}, separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 80Clam — (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. {Clamp}, {Clam}, v. t., {Clammy}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam ({Mya arenaria}), the quahog or round clam ({Venus mercenaria}), the sea clam or hen clam… …

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