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  • 21plumb — 1 verb (T) 1 plumb the depths of despair/misery/bad taste etc to express a bad quality or feel an unpleasant emotion in a very extreme way: When his wife left him Matt plumbed the very depths of despair. 2 to succeed in understanding something… …

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  • 22level — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, plumb line, from Anglo French livel, from Vulgar Latin *libellum, alteration of Latin libella, from diminutive of libra weight, balance Date: 14th century 1. a device for establishing a horizontal line or plane… …

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  • 23plumb — 1. n., adv., adj., & v. n. a ball of lead or other heavy material, esp. one attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface. adv. 1 exactly (plumb in the centre). 2 vertically. 3 US… …

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  • 24Plumb House (Clearwater, Florida) — Infobox House name= Plumb House former names= imagesize= map type= latitude= longitude= built= Circa 1896Sanders, Mike. [http://www.rootsweb.com/ flchs/museum.html What is the History of the Plumb House? ] , Clearwater Historical Society website …

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  • 25plumb — plumb1 verb 1》 measure (the depth of a body of water). 2》 explore or experience fully or to extremes: she had plumbed the depths of depravity. 3》 test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical. noun a lead ball or other heavy object attached …

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  • 26Plumb Site — The Plumb Site is a feature on spirit levels that allows the user to view the plumb vial from the front, as well as from the traditional side view, when they are doing a vertical leveling job. Instead of the user having to stand squashed up… …

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  • 27plumb — n 1. lead, weight, plummet, plumb bob, bob, sinker. adj 2. true, right, perpendicular, vertical, straight, square; level, erect, straight up and down, flush. 3.Informal. absolute, utter, unmitigated, outright, perfect, consummate; downright,… …

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  • 28plumb — /plʌm / (say plum) noun 1. a small mass of lead or heavy material, used for various purposes. 2. the position of a plumbline when freely suspended; the perpendicular. –adjective Also, plum. 3. true according to a plumbline; perpendicular. 4.… …

  • 29level — levelly, adv. levelness, n. /lev euhl/, adj., n., v., leveled, leveling or (esp. Brit.) levelled, levelling, adv. adj. 1. having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface. 2. being in a plane parallel to the plane of the horizon; …

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  • 30level — lev•el [[t]ˈlɛv əl[/t]] adj. n. v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface 2) being in a plane parallel to the plane of the horizon; horizontal 3) equal, as in height,… …

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