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Traditional English :: urceolate
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urceration - adj. Bot. having the shape of a pitcher, with a large body and small mouth. [L urceolus dimin. of urceus pitcher] |
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Traditional English :: urceolate
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urceration - adj. Bot. having the shape of a pitcher, with a large body and small mouth. [L urceolus dimin. of urceus pitcher] |
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Traditional English :: urchin
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urceration - n. 1 a mischievous child, esp. young and raggedly dressed. 2 = sea urchin. 3 archaic a a hedgehog. b a goblin. [ME hirchon, urcheon f. ONF herichon, OF herion ult. f. L (h)ericius hedgehog ] |
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English Idioms :: urban homesteading
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urceration - {n.}, {informal} Renovation and occupation through cooperative ownership by tenants of previously abandoned city apartment buildings. * /Urban homesteading is on the rise in many big American cities these days./ |
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Traditional English :: ur-
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urceration - comb. form primitive, original, earliest. [G] |
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Traditional English :: uracil
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urceration - n. Biochem. a pyrimidine derivative found in living tissue as a component base of RNA. [UREA + ACETIC] |
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