ivory tower, n.
freq. cnt. 1
a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
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| ivory tower |
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"he lived in the ivory tower of speculation""they viewed universities as ivory towers"
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ivory tree, n.
tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
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| Holarrhena antidysenterica |
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| Holarrhena pubescens |
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| conessi |
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| ivory tree |
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| kurchee |
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| kurchi |
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ivory-billed woodpecker, n.
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
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| Campephilus principalis |
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| ivory-billed woodpecker |
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| ivorybill |
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ivory-nut palm, n.
a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
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| Phytelephas macrocarpa |
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| ivory palm |
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| ivory plant |
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| ivory-nut palm |
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ivorybill, n.
(ivorybills)
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
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| Campephilus principalis |
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| ivory-billed woodpecker |
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| ivorybill |
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ivy, n.
(ivies)
freq. cnt. 1
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
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| English ivy |
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| Hedera helix |
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| common ivy |
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| ivy |
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ivy arum, n.
evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
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| Epipremnum aureum |
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| Scindapsus aureus |
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| golden pothos |
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| ivy arum |
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| pothos |
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ivy family, n.
mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
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| Araliaceae |
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| family Araliaceae |
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| ivy family |
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ivy geranium, n.
a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers
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| Pelargonium peltatum |
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| hanging geranium |
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| ivy geranium |
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| ivy-leaved geranium |
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ivy-covered, adj.
ivy-leaved geranium, n.
a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers
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| Pelargonium peltatum |
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| hanging geranium |
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| ivy geranium |
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| ivy-leaved geranium |
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ix, adj.
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 13
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| 9 |
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| ix |
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| nine |
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ixc, adj.
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ixl, adj.
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ixodid, n.
(ixodids)
ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
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| hard tick |
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| ixodid |
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izar, n.
(izars)
a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body
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| izar |
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izzard, n.
(izzards)
sample sentences
"the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee""he doesn't know A from izzard"
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