wall (noun)

  • 41wall newspaper — noun : an often handwritten or typed newssheet that is usually posted on a bulletin board or wall wall newspapers found in every shop, office, and farm Alex Inkeles …

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  • 42wall-piece — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a cannon mounted on a wall or a rail of a ship two large wall pieces … loaded … with musket balls Naval Chronicle …

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  • 43wall brown — noun A brown butterfly with orange markings, Lasiommata megera • • • Main Entry: ↑wall …

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  • 44wall gillyflower — noun A wallflower • • • Main Entry: ↑wall …

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  • 45wall moss — noun 1. A yellow lichen 2. The common stonecrop • • • Main Entry: ↑wall …

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  • 46wall of death — noun A fairground show in which a stunt performer rides a motorcycle, at right angles to the ground, round the interior walls of a cylindrical enclosure • • • Main Entry: ↑wall …

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  • 47wall pass — noun (football) A one two • • • Main Entry: ↑wall * * * n. Soccer a short pass to a teammate who immediately returns it …

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  • 48wall|flow|er — «WL FLOW uhr», noun. 1. Informal. a person, especially a girl or woman, who sits by the wall at a dance instead of dancing. 2. a) a perennial plant with sweet smelling yellow, orange, or red flowers, found growing on walls, cliffs, and the like.… …

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  • 49wall|ing — «W lihng», noun. 1. the making of walls; a furnishing or fortifying with a wall. 2. walls collectively; material for walls: »some of the best examples of drystone walling I have seen for a long time (Manchester Guardian) …

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  • 50wall|paint|ing — «WL PAYN tihng», noun. 1. the painting of the surface of a wall, or similar surfaces, with ornamental designs and figures, as seen in fresco and tempera. 2. a picture or design so painted …

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