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  • 71flame — flame1 [fleım] n ↑flame, ↑wax, ↑wick [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin flamma flame ] 1.) [U and C] hot bright burning gas that you see when something is on fire ▪ Flames poured out of the windows of the building. ▪ They rushed past… …

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  • 72bath — n 1. wash, washing, cleaning, Both Brit. Inf. tub, tubbing; lavation, lavage, laving, cleansing, ablution; immersion, submergence, dunk, dunking, dip, dipping; soak, soaking, douse, dousing, rinse, rinsing, flush, flushing, shower, showering,… …

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  • 73shower — n 1. sprinkle, sprinkling, mist, misting, drizzle, drizzling, Chiefly Dial. mizzling, spatter, spattering, sparge, sparging, spit, spitting, flurry; raindrops, rainfall, rain shower, wet. 2. spray, hail, torrent, pouring, downpour, cloudburst,… …

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  • 74wash — v 1. clean, clean up, bathe, Brit. Inf. tub, lave, cleanse, wash up, scrub up, Chiefly Scot. dight; deterge, launder, do the laundry; shampoo, lather, soap; scrub, brush, swab, mop; soak, shower, douse, rinse, flush, sponge, douche; absterge,… …

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  • 75put out — verb 1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to (Freq. 2) Sorry to trouble you, but... • Syn: ↑trouble, ↑inconvenience, ↑disoblige, ↑discommode, ↑incommode, ↑bother …

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  • 76Glim — Glim, n. 1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A light or candle. [Slang] Dickens. [1913 Webster] {Douse the glim}, put out the light. [Slang] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 77dowse — I. variant of douse II. verb (dowsed; dowsing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1691 intransitive verb to use a divining rod transitive verb to find (as water) by dowsing …

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  • 78flambé — I. adjective Etymology: French flambé, from past participle of flamber to flame, singe, from Old French, from flambe flame Date: 1914 dressed or served covered with flaming liquor usually used postpositively < crepes suzette flambé > II.&#8230; …

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  • 79douser — noun see douse I …

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  • 80Fahrenheit 451 — This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Fahrenheit 451 (disambiguation). Fahrenheit 451 &#160; …

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