wharves (noun)

  • 41wharfage — /ˈwɔfɪdʒ/ (say wawfij) noun 1. the use of a wharf. 2. storage of goods at a wharf. 3. the charge or payment for the use of a wharf. 4. wharves collectively …

  • 42-fs — fs, ves Nouns ending in f and fe have plural forms as shown in the table below: noun / fs plural / ves plural / verb form beef / beefs (= kinds of beef) / beeves (=oxen) / / / / belief / beliefs / / / / / …

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  • 43-ves — fs, ves Nouns ending in f and fe have plural forms as shown in the table below: noun / fs plural / ves plural / verb form beef / beefs (= kinds of beef) / beeves (=oxen) / / / / belief / beliefs / / / / / …

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  • 44wharf — ► NOUN (pl. wharves or wharfs) ▪ a level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 45arrastre — əˈräˌstrā noun ( s) Etymology: Phillippine Spanish, from Spanish, haulage, dragging 1. Philippines : the operation of receiving …

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  • 46ekki — ˈekē noun ( s) Etymology: native name in Africa 1. : a tropical African timber tree (Lophira alata or L. procera) of the family Ochnaceae yielding a heavy hard durable reddish brown wood that is used especially for wharves, railway ties, and… …

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  • 47ligia — ˈlijēə, lə̇ˈjīə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably after Ligia, a siren in ancient Greek mythology, from Greek Ligeia : a genus of large dark colored active terrestrial isopod crustaceans (the type of the family Ligiidae)… …

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  • 48obelia — ōˈbēlyə, lēə noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek obelias, a cake, from obelos spit (rod used in baking) 1. capitalized : a genus of small delicate colonial hydroids having a medusa that lacks a velum and being widely distributed in… …

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  • 49oedemeridae — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmerəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Oedemera, type genus (from Greek oidein to swell + mēros thigh) + New Latin idae more at edema, member : a family of soft bodied elongate beetles that have heteromerous… …

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  • 50wharfing — ˈ(h)wȯ(r)fiŋ, fēŋ noun ( s) Etymology: wharf (I) + ing 1. a. : something serving as a wharf b …

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