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1. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Moistness, dampness; (b) anat. & med. the primary quality of moistness.

2. ō̆rifice n. singular & plural

18 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. & surg. (a) The opening of a wound; (b) the aperture or cavity of an ulcer, fistula, or festering sore; (c) aperture(s(s in an organ, vein, or duct of the body; orifice of the emoroides, the…

3. pī̆lē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pilere
120 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A pillar or column, either weight-bearing or free-standing; a pedestal; tre piler, piler of tre, a wooden pillar or post; (b) fig. a source of support, a supporter; the beam in the eye as referred…

4. pit n.

200 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is…

5. posiciǒun n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A statement of belief; proposition; bi grace of posicioun, for the sake of argument; (b) location; anat. and surg. with reference to a part of the body: location, positioning.