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101DUI — driving under the influence (of alcohol or drugs): often used as an official police abbreviation. * * * ▪ bronze work Wade Giles romanization tui type of Chinese bronze vessel produced in the late Zhou dynasty (c. 600–256/255 BC), it was… …
102elephant — elephantoid, adj. /el euh feuhnt/, n., pl. elephants, (esp. collectively) elephant for 1. 1. either of two large, five toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip,… …
103feeder — /fee deuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that supplies food or feeds something. 2. a bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific… …
104fiacre — /fee ah keuhr, ahk /; Fr. /fyann krddeu/, n., pl. fiacres /fee ah keuhrz, ahks /; Fr. /fyann krddeu/. a small horse drawn carriage. [1690 1700; < F; after the Hotel de St. Fiacre in Paris, where such carriages were first for hire] * * * ▪ coach… …
105foundation — foundational, adj. foundationally, adv. foundationary, adj. /fown day sheuhn/, n. 1. the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion. 2. the natural or prepared ground or base on which some structure rests.… …
106GUI — /gooh ee/, n., pl. GUIs, GUI s. See graphical user interface. * * * ▪ Chinese vessel Wade Giles romanization kuei type of Chinese vessel produced during the Shang (Shang dynasty) (18th–12th century BC) and Zhou (Zhou dynasty) (c. 1111–255 BC) …
107headrail — /hed rayl /, n. 1. a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead. 2. Also called headbox. a narrow, boxlike case extending across the top of a window blind and covering the mechanical devices by …
108hotbed — /hot bed /, n., v., hotbedded, hotbedding. n. 1. a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season. 2. a place or… …
109ice chest — an insulated, boxlike container that can be filled with ice and used to cool beverages, preserve food, etc. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * …
110in-box — /in boks /, n. a boxlike tray, basket, or the like, as on a desk, for holding incoming mail, messages, or work. * * * …
