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  • 41Globe-shaped — a. Shaped like a globe. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 42Helmet-shaped — Hel met shaped , a. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of {Galeate}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 43Saddle-shaped — Sad dle shaped , a. Shaped like a saddle. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. Henslow. [1913 Webster] (b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; said …

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  • 44rod-shaped — adjective a) Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical. Walk through detectors designed to spot guns, knives and other flat and rod shaped weapons cost almost £5,000 each. b) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium. In western Nevada at the… …

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  • 45U-shaped — adjective Shaped like the letter U ; bent such that the two ends are parallel. After the ice melts away, the valley appears U shaped. See Also: V shaped …

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  • 46fun|nel-shaped — «FUHN uhl SHAYPT», adjective. 1. shaped like a funnel: »From the base of a thundercloud a funnel shaped cloud extends a violently twisting spout toward the earth (Scientific American). 2. having a tubelike corolla slowly enlarging upward and… …

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  • 47dome´like´ — dome «dohm», noun, verb, domed, dom|ing. –n. 1. a large, rounded roof or ceiling on a circular or many sided base; cupola: »Nearly every state capitol has a dome. 2. anything shaped like a dome; something high and rounded: »the dome of the sky,… …

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  • 48L-shaped — adjective Shaped like the letter L. The L Shaped Room, novel (and later film) by Lynne Reid Banks …

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  • 49awl-shaped — [ôlshāpt΄] adj. Bot. shaped like an awl …

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  • 50pear-shaped — [per′shāpt΄] adj. 1. shaped like a pear 2. full, clear, even, and resonant: said of sung tones …

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