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bleb
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n 1: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous
fluid [syn: blister, bulla, bleb]
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cobweb
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n 1: a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web
of a spider
2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn:
cobweb, gossamer]
3: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the
orb web
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cubeb
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n 1: spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is
used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in
cigarettes
2: tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike
fruits [syn: cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper
cubeba]
3: a cigarette containing cubeb [syn: cubeb, cubeb
cigarette]
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ebb
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n 1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[syn: ebb, ebbing, wane]
2: the outward flow of the tide [syn: ebb, reflux]
v 1: flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon" [syn: ebb,
ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off] [ant:
surge, tide]
2: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from
going back into the sea with the ebb
3: fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
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web
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n 1: an intricate network suggesting something that was formed
by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web
of shadows over the lawn"
2: an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim [syn:
web, entanglement]
3: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a
series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: vane,
web]
4: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a
network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole
network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in
a web of cloth" [syn: network, web]
5: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites
that offer text and graphics and sound and animation
resources through the hypertext transfer protocol [syn:
World Wide Web, WWW, web]
6: a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
7: membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and
mammals
v 1: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web,
net]
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deb
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n 1: a young woman making her debut into society [syn:
debutante, deb]
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eb
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n 1: a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits
[syn: exabit, Ebit, Eb]
2: a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes
[syn: exabyte, EB]
3: a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
[syn: exabyte, exbibyte, EB, EiB]
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pleb
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n 1: one of the common people [syn: plebeian, pleb]
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webb
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n 1: English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society
(1858-1943) [syn: Webb, Beatrice Webb, Martha Beatrice
Potter Webb]
2: English sociologist and economist and a central member of the
Fabian Society (1859-1947) [syn: Webb, Sidney Webb,
Sidney James Webb, First Baron Passfield]
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zagreb
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n 1: the capital of Croatia
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deneb
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n 1: the brightest star in Cygnus
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bebb
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greb
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hebb
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jeb
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streb
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tebbe
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aurangzeb
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mahaleb
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caleb
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