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camel
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n 1: cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in
desert regions
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channel
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n 1: a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel
is typically what you rent from a telephone company" [syn:
channel, transmission channel]
2: a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the
fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters
carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the
street"
3: a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as
erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph
record) [syn: groove, channel]
4: a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or
a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows
the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the
channel"
5: (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must
go through official channels"; "lines of communication were
set up between the two firms" [syn: channel, communication
channel, line]
6: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and
conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was
obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released
through a channel in the snake's fangs" [syn: duct,
epithelial duct, canal, channel]
7: a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV
channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more
than one hundred channels" [syn: channel, television
channel, TV channel]
8: a way of selling a company's product either directly or via
distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers
or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your
own stores" [syn: distribution channel, channel]
v 1: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
2: direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad
audience" [syn: channel, canalize, canalise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]
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enamel
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n 1: hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth [syn:
enamel, tooth enamel]
2: a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that
is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for
decoration or protection
3: a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish
4: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
v 1: coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
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gristmill
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n 1: a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own
grain)
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mammal
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n 1: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less
covered with hair; young are born alive except for the
small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk [syn:
mammal, mammalian]
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sawmill
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n 1: a large sawing machine
2: a mill for dressing logs and lumber [syn: lumbermill,
sawmill]
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trammel
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n 1: a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse
mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh [syn: trammel
net, trammel]
2: an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
3: a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
4: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]
v 1: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn:
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel]
2: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this
parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
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treadmill
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n 1: an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a
person can walk or jog without changing place
2: a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a
circular belt or climbing steps [syn: treadmill,
treadwheel, tread-wheel]
3: a job involving drudgery and confinement [syn: treadmill,
salt mine]
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windmill
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n 1: a mill that is powered by the wind
2: generator that extracts usable energy from winds [syn:
windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator]
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tamil
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adj 1: of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the
language itself; "Tamil agglutinative phrases"
n 1: a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of
southern India and Sri Lanka
2: the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the
Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
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stammel
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n 1: a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and
usually dyed bright red
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vermeil
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camille
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duhamel
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bramel
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gammel
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gammell
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hamel
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hamil
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hammel
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hammell
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hammill
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scammell
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schamel
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shamel
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samel
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entrammel
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