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alpenstock
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n 1: a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
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bloodstock
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n 1: thoroughbred horses (collectively)
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feedstock
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n 1: the raw material that is required for some industrial
process
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gunstock
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n 1: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or
shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or
artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special
stock" [syn: stock, gunstock]
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headstock
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n 1: the stationary support in a machine or power tool that
supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the
spindle on a lathe)
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livestock
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n 1: any animals kept for use or profit [syn: livestock,
stock, farm animal]
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overstock
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v 1: stock excessively [ant: understock]
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penstock
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n 1: regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the
rate of water flow through a sluice [syn: sluicegate,
sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate,
water gate]
2: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a
sluicegate [syn: sluice, sluiceway, penstock]
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restock
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v 1: stock again; "He restocked his land with pheasants"
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rootstock
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n 1: a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below
serving as a reproductive structure [syn: rhizome,
rootstock, rootstalk]
2: root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially
that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
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comstock
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n 1: United States reformer who led moral crusades against art
and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) [syn:
Comstock, Anthony Comstock]
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linstock
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n 1: a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to
stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to
hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons
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tanach
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n 1: the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the
Torah and the Prophets and the Writings [syn: Tanakh,
Tanach, Hebrew Scripture]
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ticktock
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n 1: steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock [syn:
ticktock, tocktact, tictac]
v 1: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were
ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn:
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat]
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antioch
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n 1: a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and
capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity [syn:
Antioch, Antakya, Antakiya]
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arawak
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n 1: a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in
northeastern South America [syn: Arawak, Arawakan]
2: a family of South American Indian languages spoken in
northeastern South America [syn: Arawak, Arawakan]
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vladivostok
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n 1: a seaport in the Asian part of Russia
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bartok
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n 1: Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk
music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)
[syn: Bartok, Bela Bartok]
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rostock
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n 1: a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an
important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th
century
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eniwetok
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n 1: an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious
assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the
United States to test atomic bombs
2: World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and
captured a Japanese stronghold
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whipstock
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akh
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bostock
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tarok
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tatlock
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traprock
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umbach
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warloeck
0
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weinbach
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weisbach
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wheelock
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whitelock
0
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whitlock
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woodstock
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woolcock
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afflerbach
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allensbach
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angakok
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antilock
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auerbach
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bontebok
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cinemark
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condillac
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duikerbok
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eisenach
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everbach
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fensterstock
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fetterlock
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gavelock
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deadstock
0
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fatstock
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sandstock
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mcclintock
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tick-tock
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