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noun
- Interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
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noun
- A member of the main ethnic group of Iran.
- A breed of cat.
- A pastry local to the w:Thunder_Bay%2C_Ontario, Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.
proper noun
- A group of very similar languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
- Of or pertaining to the Persian people.
- Of or pertaining to the Persian language.
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adjective
- preserved by pickling
- (slang) drunk
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noun (countable) and (uncountable)
- (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or a tree resembling a member of this genus, in some respect (not even limited to coniferous trees).
- (uncountable) The wood of a pine tree.
- (archaic) The sense of longing.
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noun (plateau, pl=plateaus, pl2=plateaux)
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- A comparatively stable level in something that varies.
verb
- (intransitive) Reach a stable level; level off.
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noun
- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- ...a flower .
- A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers)
- This article appeared in the .
- ...according to a member of the ...
- An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard).
- Put the cups in the .
- General term for a printing machine.
- Stop the presses!
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
verb (press, es)
- To apply pressure to an item.
- Press any key
- (with "gone"): To indicate that a story is being printed.
- That story has gone to .
(rfv, In the sentence "That story has gone to press", is not "press" a noun? --User:Daniel Polansky, Daniel Polansky 09:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC))
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noun - (biology) a technique by which a protein is being brought down in a test tube by another.
adjective - (computing) of a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it
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noun
- An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
verb (purfl, ing)
- (transitive) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a border; to border.
- 1590: Purfled with gold of rich assay. " Spenser, The Faerie Queene
- 1885: there stood before him an honourable woman in a mantilla of Mosul silk, broidered with gold and bordered with brocade; her walking shoes were also purfled with gold and her hair floated in long plaits. " Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1
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